Carriage handle bearing modification.
The following pictures describe a modification to add ball races to the carriage handle to make it smoother to operate.
| The apron is clamped to the mill ready for boring. | |
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The apron after boring. The apron is now ready to accept the ball race. |
| Speaks for itself, really. |  |
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The hand gear has had its end drilled 1/8". A piece of stainless steel and a ball race added. |
| A chip guard has been added to prevent chips from clogging the gears. Note that the chip guard also supports the ball race on the hand gear inner. |  |
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Assembled. |