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[Tomc938]

After coming up with an ingenious way to hold the mounting bracket on the table of my mill, drilling and tapping the holes - and everything lined up beautifully -




Turns out you cannot attache them to either side.

 

[mickeyf]

Tom, I have a Vevor power X feed that I have not yet attached to my mill. My mill is very much not enough like a Bridgeport to 'plug and play'. I think yours is not either? Love to see a photo of how you attached/ adapted it, or maybe next time I'm visiting the kids on Texada I'll take a side trip up to your place and see in person?

 

[DavidR8]

Oops!

 

[Tomc938]

Tom, I have a Vevor power X feed that I have not yet attached to my mill. My mill is very much not enough like a Bridgeport to 'plug and play'. I think yours is not either? Love to see a photo of how you attached/ adapted it, or maybe next time I'm visiting the kids on Texada I'll take a side trip up to your place and see in person?

As I will be mounting the unit on the other side I will send you some pictures. What I did worked well, but it's not rocket science. If it was, I did the equivalent of

 

[YotaBota]

180 the lead screw, I had to do that with mine.

 

[Tomc938]

180 the lead screw, I had to do that with mine.

I was noticing the right side has an extra collar that might get in the way.

Any hints on switching the lead screw round?

 

[DavidR8]

I rotated mine so the body was horizontal stuck out toward the rear of the mill

 

[YotaBota]

Take the supports off each end of the table and spin it out from the nut. You may need to unbolt the nut as well depending on how your machine is built. Make sure you keep track the support parts/spacers so they don't get mixed up.

 

[YotaBota]

I can't remember (surprise) what mill have you got?