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I had a bunch of 250lb gas springs for another project, which so far hasn't worked out, I tried a pair of them on the bridgeport propped under the table temporarily and it made it almost effortless to crank up and down, and I realized they would fit very slick.
if i wanted to make it easier to move... my FIRST move would be make a better handle that doesen't take half your effort to keep it from slipping off and has a bearing in the handle, that helped a ton, then if that isn't enough add two of those gas springs. get 200lb ones tho, 250 is slightly overkill. They were 30$ a piece on ebay, 200lb force, nitrogen charged gas struts for RV, 36" overall length.
I don't necessarily mean you have to do it My way, but the POINT is, if you put the gas struts ON it, then it's just as easy to crank as the table, so a normal table power feed like a servo 150 could be used NO problem.
my machine is a bit larger than most. It is a knock off Bridgeport but has a 48 inch by 10-inch table and the knee is huge. I'm guessing the knee alone 7 to 800 LBS. Im looking now at a pair of air cylinders that way i could regulate it and not bind the screw. But seems every solution cost more then the right feed.
There is a Youtube on how to make that adapter for the drill if your like me no imagination
Well, not wanting to wait for the 500s to arrive then find out the servo 90 gear doesn't fit and have to wait another week for a gear I did a bit of research. From what i can see the 500s calls for a srtaight tooth gear, 76MM OD. so this morning I took apart the servo 90 to check it out and it does use a straight tooth gear and it is 76MM. So now i plan to wait for the 500s to arrive before i order a gear, It looks like the one i have will work.Thought this conversation sounded mighty familiar
I have tons of grass gears here, but no 500S to test it on. Lemme know when you get it what you find out?
Jon
thanks but i really want to do it right. for one i don't use the mill every day so when i need to the batteries in the cordless are dead and its hard to use that all the time. Im going to try and set up somthing that works good and is ready to go all the time. thanks
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