Thursday, December 29, 2016

Mill: Z-Axis Handwheel Handle

The fine feed knob on the mini mill makes it difficult to smoothly lower the head, which is important when performing operations like boring. Since I had a handle left over from installing the leadscrew  handwheel on the lathe ( http://benchtopmachineshop.blogspot.com/2015/01/lathe-z-axis-fine-adjustment.html) I drilled and tapped a hole in the existing knob and installed the handle. Now it's much easier to consistently feed with the fine feed knob.


Handle installed. Um...just ignore that other hole...

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