Been a member for a while but never posted here cause I'm not "converted". Hope that doesn't prevent me from being welcome here.
Well since I still turn handwheels, I'll start off with my cast iron handwheels. I hated those stock phenolic hand wheels. They're made by Flair/ Chang Iron Taiwan. I used 6" & 4" wheels.
Stock:
New handwheels (I replaced the X, Y, quill, & handle for the Z).
WIP pics:
The revolving handles I used are 3/8-16" thread. My Z handle (head) is metric M10 so I turned down the threads, pressed on a sleeve, & single pointed the metric threads. Had to make a collet to hold the handle.
I made the M10 thread longer than the 3/8" thread.
Installed.
Next was the quill fine feed handwheel. It did not come prethreaded for the handle so I had to drill & tap the 1/4-20 threads. Bored the center to fit my quill feed shaft & drilled & tapped for the set screw.
Next was to machine the X & Y handwheels. The new cast iron handwheels had a much larger hub dia than my stock ones so I machined them down. Also had to bore the center. Unmachined as received on the left.
Machined the drive to match.
Finally, mounted.