Elevation Handwheel.

[dbhost]

It's been over a decade since this has been talked about here, but just curious. Has anyone replaced the cheap plastic elevation handwheel with a milled aluminum one and if so where did you source up that handwheel? There was an adapter I seem to recall that would allow us to use D hole style handwheels and I messed up and never got one... This is not a must have but more of a nice to have thing....

[LCHIEN]

Some threads of interest Last discussed 2 years ago, not a decade!


A handwheel replacement for BT3s
https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...evation-adjust

Adapting standard handwheels to BT3 with an adapter.
https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...dapter-drawing

https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...lddog-newtrick

Here's how I adapted a Griz handwheel to the BT3 with an adapter


Here is my measured drawing of the handwheel adapter, it would be easy to make one from 3D printing I imagine, not sure how durable but probably OK.

[d_meister]

Here's a printed 3D one from Thingiverse


https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4716521
There are ways to embed metal bits in a print. A simple re-inforcement ring would help.
Quite a few bits for the BT3000 on there:
https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q...&sort=relevant

I bring it up since Dave mentioned that he has a 3D printer. I just got started with 3D printing because of solutions like these for the shop. I use the router table on my BT3000, and I wanted new and better rings for the table.

[LCHIEN]

Here's the Thingverse 3D printing files downloaded from the site mentioned in the previous reply by D_MEISTER

[dbhost]

Cool. Yeah I have that file bookmarked if not downloaded I do not recall presently... I haven't 3D printed in a while, I need to dust it off and dessicate my filament. Probably level the print bed again before I have a go at it again...