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    Milling Machine Handles

    I’ve had this Harbor Freight Knee Milling Machine for about 9 years now (it’s one of those red ones model #40939) over those years I have done a lot of work to it here and there to trying to make it better, surprisingly it is a pretty good milling machine though, (nothing like a Bridgeport) the machine is very rigid in construction and will repeat within a thousands or two, the only thing that has bothered me the most about this machine is those red round crank handles that came on it! I have looked all over for different handles but none seamed to my fancy they were either too small or too big or I just didn’t like them, so I decided to make three like I wanted.

    I used the existing revolving handles and made the rest of the cranks from scratch, nothing fancy just some aluminum flat bar and some 1¼” round aluminum for the ball ends and a lot of machining and modifications to make them work.


    All in all they came out as I expected and work to my standards, I have included some photos of the machining processes along with the handles installed.


    Thanks for looking and happy machining


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    Last edited by rossbotics; Jul 9, 2018 at 08:21 AM.
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    Beauties Doug. I like your sensibilities for the design (3 fingers for fine and crank for giddyup) and your standards are always above reproach. Thanks for sharing with us.

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    Interesting cranks that have a nice esthetic look.
    Sadly Harbor Freight quit selling interesting things after the original owner had his son take over.

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    Very Nice handles, Doug.

    Thanks for the ideas.

    philip

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    Thanks rossbotics! We've added your Milling Machine Handles to our Milling category,
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    Quote Originally Posted by PJs View Post
    Beauties Doug. I like your sensibilities for the design (3 fingers for fine and crank for giddyup) and your standards are always above reproach. Thanks for sharing with us.

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    Thank you PJs

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    Quote Originally Posted by metric_taper View Post
    Interesting cranks that have a nice esthetic look.
    Sadly Harbor Freight quit selling interesting things after the original owner had his son take over.

    Thanks metric_taper
    and your right about harbor freight

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    Quote Originally Posted by philipUsesWood&Brass View Post
    Very Nice handles, Doug.

    Thanks for the ideas.

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    Thanks Philip

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