Hi, I recently purchased a used Powermatic 66 that's in great shape except the wheel handles are missing. The wheels appear to be cast iron and have about 1/4" through holes, no threads. The holes are fairly close to the edge of the wheel which makes me nervous drilling them out to 3/8" like most of the currently available handles.
Has anyone found a handle with a smaller diameter mounting bolt? Has anyone mounted the 3/8" handles to the factory wheels?
I'm waiting on handles ordered from Grizzly that have 3/8" diameter, ordered before seeing the hole placement in the wheels. Before trying to install them I'd like to know if someone else has done it successfully. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Larry