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Judging by the picture i've provided would your pawl work if mounted to that flat guide bracket above the gear?

I like the pillow block idea. The pawl though would have to have a spring tensioned to always engage the teeth and equipped with a pull handle to dis engage from the teeth and allow me to crank up...

Mark's swiss cheese method would be my easiest and most cost effective solution. It may not be the one I use but it would certainly get me using the stand a lot sooner than scouring the world looking...

This is more what i'm thinking. I do like the idea of the links you sent but i'll need to mount it to the stand. I drew a rough idea of something that may work if i could have it machined with a base...

good point

I'm liking the idea of having a bushing similar to my in tact one made but instead of a whole round one, have it in two pieces like a pinch clamp with a knob to release the rod slightly for raising...

Ahhh yes. Looking at it though,I'm not sure how I would mount that.

I've had some correspondence with Mark Osterman at Eastman House and here's what he recommends:

You have no other recourse but to pin the stand. This means that you clamp the stand for the first...

I may have access to a complete brake on someone elses stand but I doubt they'll let me remove it nor would i want to be responsible for replacing it if it were to be broken in the process. How can I...

I'm having some difficulty imagining your solution. I can't wrap my head around it.

I think that I do have to pull it apart to change the bushing because as it stands now, the gears on that side slip causing the platform to become uneven because the rod isn't held in place. The...

I actually spoke with Eddie on the phone a few days ago before posting this topic. Nice guy, super helpful even though he got rid of all of his LF stuff completely. He's on to new hobbies.

That's totally worth considering. Thank you. I'll look for one that may work.

I do not have the broken piece. I purchased the stand without it.

I've considered the bearing cap with set screw option as well. I'd rather exhaust all other options like actually finding one before doing that though.

I've heard that one could be machinable but it would have to be some sort of different design i think. How much does something like that cost?

Here is what the brake looks like. It's a toggle type, spring and pin with a point that locks into the teeth of the gear. I can understand how something like this could be broken by an amateur....

Hello everyone. First time posting to this site and i'm certainly glad to have found it. Such a wealth of information and I think it's a terrific community.
I'm currently restoring to working order...