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pivot end turned down to .125" then parted off the original shaft slipped into hole, it will get fixed with some locktite.
now it is parallel in the engaged position
just need to make the locking carrier for the finger control end and a couple of stop collars at the pivot.
Michaelthe quill control is now sorted and the thumb-wheel works a treat.
and raised a little
Next up another dial, which will have to wait until I head into town again.Greg Thanks you are too kind, But I have to admit looking at Gerald Wingrove's tooling was my inspiration. it still blows me away that he made all those machines design build in 9 weeks.
I couldn't wait to go to town so stole the 1/2 inch travel dial of my magnetic base.
Since the quill doesn't really need to travel any further than that before adjusting the whole thing on the pillar anyway it seemed like a good idea.
I found a reject toolmakers clamp part and butchered it some more to make a tab for the dial to mate against. I had an odd bit of aluminum that was already bored 1 inch with a set screw so substituted the steel one for a brass thumbscrew to make adjusting it easy.
So now it is good to go .hanks everyone for the compliments.
Keith the large mill drill is out in the shop and the motor on it is 3/4 horse, as i mentioned the poor mans DRO is accomplished with three butchered dial vernier calipers. The sensitivity is quite a way from the smaller drill inasmuch as the quill on the big mill drill is 3 inches in diameter and the handles are about 12 inches for a radius of 24. which means that when using it to drill tiny holes I need to be able to view the work through a magnifying visor while stretching my arm up to the handle to make very fine pecks at the surface. I am comfortable doing a lot of work with the big mill drill.
The small drill is very quiet and I can get close without feeling like I am doing Yoga stretches to operate it when drilling. I guess the best analogy is the difference between cutting some brass with the jewelers saw versus the 20 in bandsaw, not that I don't use both for the appropriate tasks. I hope that I have clarified why I made this tool.
Today another tweak to smooth out the operation I flipped the quill dial over so that it read the proper direction when going down It look a bit tidier as well.
Also made a small keeper plate for the dial end of the x direction for the table so that the end of the dial does not get caught in the T slots
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