Upgrading my HF Bead Roller

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I worked out the mounts for the drill motor as well. Just a piece of 1/8 plate drilled for a 1 3/4" U-bolt that will trap the front of the drill and I added a hole that will bolt to the T-Handle mount on the side. This should hold the drill pretty steady with no worries of it moving during operation.

This plate will bolt to the mount for the bead roller. Here it is clamped in place so I can do a trial run with the motor to see how it works.

The drill motor will work just fine. Getting the mounting plate drilled with a few slots and drilling and tapping the receiver mount will be next on the to do list. The drill plate is going to need to be slotted a bit so the pinion gear can be adjusted for quiet running.

I also started doing some set-up work with the gears, the adjustable upper rear block and getting the quick clamp positioned. I needed another spacer to set the top gear to the rear block. I pulled a chunk of 1 1/4" x 5/16 wall tube out of the scrap bin, cut off a short piece and bored it out to fit the shafts and cut it down to 1/2" long. Drilling and tapping for an M8 x 1.25 set screw (same as all the other Chinezeum set screws... )

Setting up the quick clamp I ended up trimming a bit off the spacer block to center it to the upper shaft better. I will get this welded on later after I get the drill motor mounts finalized.

This is getting close.
Mark