Double tilt upgrade

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I've had my double-tilt upgrade sitting right next to my PowerPro upgrade on the shelf. There are several tools I still need to finish restoring and sell before I can justify getting back to the ones I'm keeping, but man, it's like waiting for Christmas while having the ability to change its date.

Pretty low on space in my downstairs "shop," and the garage already has my bigger equipment, so I've been sketching out how to go about using the old tilt and a second-hand 510/520 carriage to create a wall-mounted mini. The idea would be to be able to tilt it up and lock it so that it's stored between studs. The sketches I have so far would all sacrifice the vertical drill press, but honestly, I have enough drill press functionality in my main Shopsmith and the restored Walker-Turner.

Anyone try a wall-mounted mini? I've followed these forums for good ideas years (without posting, of course), but while I haven't seen a wall-mounted setup like that yet, I'm guessing someone far more clever and experienced than I'll ever be has come up with a decent setup for that--or a reason it wouldn't work.

I think it could be done, but it may be impractical. Is the outboard end going to have the legs mounted so as to stick out when 'vertical'? Is the stud space deep enough to house the headstock etc.?

The hinge end casting would have to be mounted as normal(on a horizontal surface between the studs).

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I've had my double-tilt upgrade sitting right next to my PowerPro upgrade on the shelf. There are several tools I still need to finish restoring and sell before I can justify getting back to the ones I'm keeping, but man, it's like waiting for Christmas while having the ability to change its date.

Pretty low on space in my downstairs "shop," and the garage already has my bigger equipment, so I've been sketching out how to go about using the old tilt and a second-hand 510/520 carriage to create a wall-mounted mini. The idea would be to be able to tilt it up and lock it so that it's stored between studs. The sketches I have so far would all sacrifice the vertical drill press, but honestly, I have enough drill press functionality in my main Shopsmith and the restored Walker-Turner.

Anyone try a wall-mounted mini? I've followed these forums for good ideas years (without posting, of course), but while I haven't seen a wall-mounted setup like that yet, I'm guessing someone far more clever and experienced than I'll ever be has come up with a decent setup for that--or a reason it wouldn't work.

I think it could be done, but it may be impractical. Is the outboard end going to have the legs mounted so as to stick out when 'vertical'? Is the stud space deep enough to house the headstock etc.?

The hinge end casting would have to be mounted as normal(on a horizontal surface between the studs).

That's sort of what I'm working out. I was thinking I'd flip the tilt vis a vis the tubes. The studs are fairly deep on this exterior wall of the garage, actually. Kind of working through it in my head, but I have a lot of machinery projects to clear from the docket before I'll be able to fiddle with it. It's just a sketch at this point, unfortunately.