Through an act of stupidity I broke the return spring on my newly acquired PM 1150A. If you must know it did not come with the depth stop and the first time I touched the thing I lowered the spindle (much) too far.
Anyway I opened it up today to take a look. The tab that goes through the rod broke but the spring is mostly full length. I first tried to bend a new tab on the remainder of the spring. This seems to work ok but I am pretty sure the "new" tab is not as robust as the one I already broke .
So I am looking to replace the spring with a new one. PM wants a fair chunk of change for this part. Any idea if these are easily interchangeable/standard sized? I am tempted to start browsing the grizzly parts catalog.
They also want > 200$ for a new depth stop. The parts diagram makes it look like a a piece of allthread with the sides ground flat. I think I can do this with a belt sander. Has anyone ever made a depth stop replacement?
Thanks!
Salem
Anyway I opened it up today to take a look. The tab that goes through the rod broke but the spring is mostly full length. I first tried to bend a new tab on the remainder of the spring. This seems to work ok but I am pretty sure the "new" tab is not as robust as the one I already broke .
So I am looking to replace the spring with a new one. PM wants a fair chunk of change for this part. Any idea if these are easily interchangeable/standard sized? I am tempted to start browsing the grizzly parts catalog.
They also want > 200$ for a new depth stop. The parts diagram makes it look like a a piece of allthread with the sides ground flat. I think I can do this with a belt sander. Has anyone ever made a depth stop replacement?
Thanks!
Salem