Couple of cutters I picked up

[Pete O]

(11-02-2015, 12:18 AM)Hawkeye Wrote: It sounds like you have both arbor supports. Mine only has one, but that hasn't caused any problems.

The power feed shaft on mine may have been a built up one. It looks like a splined shaft with socket-set U-joints welded to the ends. Probably 1/2" drive.

Hi Mike, yes I have the two arbor supports but only the bare shaft of the horizontal arbor was present when I bought the mill. It was set up with the vertical attachment and had been transported interstate so I was lucky there was anything there that wasn't bolted to it.
I was actually going to ask you to take some photos of the drive shaft for me, I had to make the shaft that goes through the two gearboxes on the knee, still have to make the missing universal-jointed drive shaft and repair the outer gearbox that has a cracked casing. I have a splined shaft that I cut out of a Kubota lawnmower deck driveshaft, should be perfect for the splined section but I was thinking I would have to make some universal joints, the ones on the Kubota were too large in diameter. If 1/2" drive socket-set UJs would work, that would be a much easier solution. I had thought of this but was concerned they would not handle the maximum angle required, I assume yours drives okay at the top and bottom limits of knee travel? Any chance you could take a couple of photos of the setup and post them here?