I was wondering if anyone has added a handwheel to the pick up rail on a Standard frame?
Sadly, I only had room for an 8' frame in my quilting room. This meant that I could only get a Standard frame for
my 2019 Lenni. I would have loved the motorized advance, but that was not an option for me.
The problem I am having is that I need something better to help me advance the quilt. Especially on the back bar.
Has anyone figured out a way to put a handwheel on that back bar? I have sourced one, but can't figure out how to
put it on. It would really help! Thanks!
I added hand wheels to the rollers on the Ult 2 table I rebuilt 12 years ago. The original Ult 2 table only had 3 rollers, I added the fourth "leveling" roller during the rebuild. I completely redid the roller mount system, using pillow blocks to mount the rollers. I welded extensions to the roller shafts on the right ends of the pick-up, backing, and quilt top rollers. This extended the shafts about 1.5" to 2" beyond the pillow blocks, and provided the necessary shaft length to mount the wheels.
I'm not sure how much your roller shafts extend beyond their mountings so I don't know if you can do something similar without adding length to the shafts. If not, you could do as I did, and have the lengths extended enough for hand wheels. In order to avoid alignment problems, I welded 1/2" rod stock to the shafts rather than the 5/8" rod the roller shafts are made from. I think the half inch size also made hand wheel selection easier. I ended up using 4" hand wheels I bought from Grizzly Industrial.
While modification is involved, removing the 3 rollers in question from your table and taking them to a local welding shop shouldn't be too difficult. It certainly would solve your problem. Good luck. Jim
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