On Monday 22 November 2021 17:30:08 John Figie wrote: > Instead of a drawbar with a hex end you could use the kind with a > spline end like the ones that Kurt sells for their power drawbar. My > Bridgeport came with a Kurt power drawbar. I have had it since around > 2003. Still using the same drawbar. The socket looks kind of like a > torx socket - maybe it is - I never looked at it that close. The Kurt > uses butterfly impact kind of like yours. It just uses regulated air > pressure. I just let it drive the drawbar for about 1 or 2 seconds. It > has never stripped and I have never replaced the drawbar. Tooling is > NMTB 30. Home shop use only. > > http://www.machineability.com/Bridgeport_series_II.html > > John > Sweet machine John, wish I had room for one like it.
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