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| raynerd:
Hi Just a quick one - a nice day today so took the workshop outside and completed the mounting of my DRO bars. To be honest, this wasn`t such a huge feet as the parts were made by Matt when I bought the mill - I had to make one of the Y-axis mounts because it vanished during the journey home and of course I did need to tap and drill the holes for the mounting brackets. This was the first time I have actually modified a machine in terms of drilling and therefore I was a little nervous. Anyway, all turned out pretty well.....some pictures: Mounting brackets for the Y axis bar and then with dro installed. X axis mounted: Z axis mounted: X2 mill with all three bars installed: Seems to work pretty well, perhaps I am mistaken but there seems to be a very very small delay between movement to read out - perhaps I am imagining it? The biggest issue is that the few jobs I did on it this afternoon covered up the dro and it is a pain moving about to try and read the dials. I am going to purchase a Shumatech and try and put that together for my 3axis readout. Seems a good unit and is recommended but is a little too expensive at present. I`ll have to save up for a few weeks before that comes but will update this when it does. http://www.shumatech.com/products/dro-350/index.htm Chris |
| kvom:
If you could somehow mount the y-axis bar face up and the z-axis bar facing forward it would be easier to see. |
| raynerd:
Yea, that is a great point - I just followed the fignoggle plans but your right, it would be better. Should be OK when I get my shumatech up and running. |
| Brass_Machine:
Nice job. I have the fignoggle plans as well. My Z axis is mounted different than yours though... It is actually turned so I can read it head on. That's the way my plans read. Eric |
| raynerd:
Eric, that is really strange - perhaps I have made a huge error but by the fact the parts all go together and it does physically mount, I`m sure it has been done correctly. I wonder if these plans are older and they did decide that forward mounting would be better so changed? Perhaps I have just misread the plans but they are at work so I`ll take a look and double check when I get there. Chris EDIT: I just found this picture on the fignoogle website and although it is a really poor quality pic, I`m sure the DRO bars are orientated the same way as mine in all axis - no? |
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