I'm hoping somebody can throw some light onto what has happened to the forward and backward motion on the table of my machine.

I was milling by hand a slot forward and all of a sudden I lost forward feed, it sometimes grips the thread when I try reversing it.

I removed the handle along with the screw thread, no damage to it!

Its difficult to see inside the table as to whats going on in there, but I can see midway a threaded bracket ,mounted to the table which the drive screw goes through.

I'm guessing its this that has worn out, does anybody know if this is a threaded sleeve or part of the table casting?

I don't want to start taking the table apart until I have some knowledge as to whats happened and just to how to go about fixing it.

Any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

Hi, thank you for your help. from what I can see peeking through the hole where the hand drive goes through, I can only see what looks like a hole in the casting of the table. this has a thread through it. there doesn't seem to be any locking nuts, or locking sleeves present no bits have dropped off or loose parts, most odd!

As and when I have a bit more time I will have to take the end plate off to get a better look, I'm just not looking forward to having to dismantle the auxiliaries

I have a small camera I think I will take a few shots from underneath, might give me a better idea of the layout.

Does anybody know if I can get hold of blueprints of the senior (junior model)

Thank you Peter