I know this has been done before.
The one set up I have seen used a right angle gear drive motor, pulleys and a belt to drive the lead screw from the tail stock end.
It would certainly give you an infinitely number of feed rates. Of course you wouldn't be able to thread with this set up.
I have several thoughts on this,
I have a DC motor out of a tread mill. Would this work with a variable speed control unit?
Would it go slow enough and still have the torque needed to run the lead screw?
I...
Auxiliary Lead Screw Drive
The one set up I have seen used a right angle gear drive motor, pulleys and a belt to drive the lead screw from the tail stock end.
It would certainly give you an infinitely number of feed rates. Of course you wouldn't be able to thread with this set up.
I have several thoughts on this,
I have a DC motor out of a tread mill. Would this work with a variable speed control unit?
Would it go slow enough and still have the torque needed to run the lead screw?
I...
Auxiliary Lead Screw Drive