Power Crossfeed for Asian 9X20s

[stevec]

(07-20-2013, 09:28 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Looking good Bill. A couple of questions if I may:

1. Most of these I have seen done elsewhere (and how I plan to do my friend's lathe) attach the motor drive to the end of the leadscrew at the tailstock end. Given that you are mounting to the apron, are going to be driving off of the rack? If so, is there any advantage to this other than reducing leadscrew/half nut wear?

Ahh, Darren, I believe it's a "CROSSfeed" drive.