I bought a new drawbar from a local distributor, a Dorian one made in Texas. It cost me $46.70 including shipping, while the same thing from MSC was almost $53.00 PLUS shipping. They are thieves.
It should be here by Wednesday.
I'm going to take a ride on my bike up to the seller (about 65 miles from me) on Sunday to get the books, micro cassette tape recorder (how programs are stored and uploaded to the machine) and a PILE of expensive quick change tool holders. Pix of the haul when I collect it.
My fondest dream for this machine right now is not for me to use it, but for my dad to get well enough to spend some time paying with it. He's in a rehab hospital right now, trying to regain some weight and lung capacity. He'll be there at least a few more days, I'm hoping he sees enough dramatic improvement that he stays a little longer and gets strong enough to walk out of there without the oxygen he's been on for the past few months.
BTW, in all my years of using step pulley and variable speed types of Bridgeports and their clones, I've never once left the 3/4" box wrench on the drawbar and started it. Nor have I ever left a ley in the chuck of a lathe, and I'm not about to start doing that.
It should be here by Wednesday.
I'm going to take a ride on my bike up to the seller (about 65 miles from me) on Sunday to get the books, micro cassette tape recorder (how programs are stored and uploaded to the machine) and a PILE of expensive quick change tool holders. Pix of the haul when I collect it.
My fondest dream for this machine right now is not for me to use it, but for my dad to get well enough to spend some time paying with it. He's in a rehab hospital right now, trying to regain some weight and lung capacity. He'll be there at least a few more days, I'm hoping he sees enough dramatic improvement that he stays a little longer and gets strong enough to walk out of there without the oxygen he's been on for the past few months.
BTW, in all my years of using step pulley and variable speed types of Bridgeports and their clones, I've never once left the 3/4" box wrench on the drawbar and started it. Nor have I ever left a ley in the chuck of a lathe, and I'm not about to start doing that.