Hi folks,

A general question for the resident experts. Has anyone adapted a power feed to the Shoptask? I'm going to be hooking up a VFD and will loose the ability to run both motors and hence the power feed.

My thought was to make some sort of powerfeed like you can put on a bridgeport type machine. However it occured to me that I might be able to hook up a servo motor (or other type) in the mounting spot for the CNC instead of hooking it up to the actual screw/handle end like on a B-port. What would you need to control the motor with a back and forth switch and a knob to adjust the speed? I've been looking on ebay for a cheapo Bport feed that I could tear apart and retrofit, but no luck so far.

I've also been considering hooking up a motor to adjust the column height and it would be great if I could set this up with a jog handle instead the adjustable speed. Then I would move my DRO scale to the column instead of the quill, and operate the column like a knee on a normal mill.

Any thoughts on either of these? Thanks in advance.