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Burtons never answered my email regards cost and availability of an alloy bell housing to fit my ex-Merkur T9 box to a Kent 1600. Today I slapped the Merkur bell against the back of my newly acquired Kent block. 4 of 6 holes do line up just fine including the two dowels. So only the top pair need to be lowered. Thinking of a couple of ways to fix that. For one I could weld in an aluminum bar lower down where it is needed and then cut away the unneeded uppermost portion of the Merkur bell. Or I could mill away part of the upper bell and fit a simple flat adapter plate up top? This probably has less risk of warping. I've been warned that the Merkur input is longer than the regular "E" box. I measure 1.23" from the end of the crank to the back of the Kent block. Anyone know what that distance would be for a 2.3? If I really do need more depth due to a longer input shaft perhaps a full diameter adapter can be made from flat plate. I have CNC tools, wonder if this would be of use to anyone else once I get it figured out?
