On 21 Mar 2010 01:18:36 GMT, steamer wrote:

Now in the second photo the guy's
holding a dumbbell-shaped part called the pivot. In my mill this part had
broken in the middle and lemmetellya getting the innermost piece out was a
real adventure. Anyway I can't figure out what the thing does and I'm wondering
what won't work if I just reassemble and leave the pivot out.
Explanations appreciated! :-)


As bill says, it's the linkage that works the depth stop on the quill feed.
Allegedly, a common failure on Bridgies.


Mark Rand
RTFM