On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:16:24 -0500, "RDF"
wrote:

Is there anything that would create and overly tight condition where the
feed arm is really, really tight and hard to depress to get the tooling to
move.

If the setscrew that locks the bearing cap on the nose of the quill is
too tight it distorts the quill. If your quill is tight for the first
inch of stroke this is likely the problem - if it's tight thru its
entire travel, it's something else.

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Ned Simmons