WTB: Hightower Power Feed Unit

Contact Chris Hightower, chances are (99.9%) you will not find a used Chris Hightower powerfeed.
 
Limpkinw said:
Yea I saw someone was selling it I was offline for a few days and missed it. :(
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I made my own. Ordered the motor from McMaster Carr and the drive gear, coupling, and brace/bracket for the motor from Chris, the on/off/on switch from Radio Shack, and used a tattoo power supply for adjusting the speed off of ebay. All in all I spent about the same amount of money (maybe $10-$15 less) but the power supply gives a LOT more adjustability that what is offered by Chris's version. Chris was very instrumental and helpful in helping me get it set up and working correctly too.
 
SwissChris said:
Make sure it is for one of his lahes .......
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What you really need to do is measure the pinion. From what I have seen most of the larger Hightower lathes and Todd's have a .250 pinion. The standard taig pinion is smaller. However, then power feed I bought a few weeks ago had the smaller taig pinion so I bored the fitting and put in the larger one.
 
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