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| John-Som:
I first fitted DROs to my X2 (Chester Conquest) Mill two years ago and was delighted with my new found ability to machine to finer tolerances. However within just a few weeks I was receiving spurious readings due to the ingress of dirt and cutting fluids. Recently I decided to start again from scratch. I stripped off all the original DRO installation and started again with a view to providing much better protection. An account of the re-installation procedure, with links to one or two useful resources, is described on my blog at http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/workshop-news/. JohnS |
| raynerd:
John, smashing website. I have started to cover my scales with aluminium. I`ll post up when it is done. Chris |
| Space Fan:
Fine looking install! Looks solid. YOu have encouraged me to install my DRO-350. |
| ieezitin:
This has been an interesting thread. I have been toying with the idea of buying these cheap Digiverns and installing them on my machines, I also went down the rout of buying the purpose made equipment, still not sure what road I will choose. I know the benefits so I have to do something one day. I guessed that the swarf and other foreign materials would effect these instruments and have been paying attention to how you all were going to overcome this little inconvenience. In Mr. Stevenson case the profiled plastic cover is just so obvious but he had someone make that cover, the cost he did not reveal. But a nice job was achieved and I am sure works well. I know when I make my choice I will purchase some round clear piping they make, its like regular pvc piping but only clear, buy lets say 2” diameter and slice it in half then make brackets for it. don’t know but I bet its cheaper than purpose formed plastic. I have also found that’s Perspex is quite nice to work with, drills and cuts easy but you need to feed the drill and or cutter blade slow as not to gum up the tooling. It taps well too. Anyone who has more to add to Perspex please feel free to enlighten us. All the best. Anthony. |
| John-Som:
For UK members I can thoroughly recommend http://www.plasticonline.co.uk/ for making up protective scale covers. Simply send them a sketch for a quote, mine cost just a fiver each (plus carriage). They were robustly made from high impact resistant acrylic. The usual disclaimer about Plastic Online other than a very satisfied customer - I collected mine as they are based reasonably close in Hull. John Somers www.start-model-engineering.com |
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