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90 degree V4 OHC
Bernd:
Lookin' good Doug. Hey all pictures are good, but a little competion makes for a better product.
This is an interesting thread. I enjoy seeing how one starts with an idea and seeing it come together. Nice job. :thumbup:
Bernd
saw:
You are building somthing very fine :thumbup:
I must ask you: what is DRO's and where to find that kind of digital 6'' calipers you have on your'e mill. Is it hard to mount? :loco:
dbvandy:
--- Quote from: saw on March 25, 2011, 02:29:40 PM ---You are building somthing very fine :thumbup:
I must ask you: what is DRO's and where to find that kind of digital 6'' calipers you have on your'e mill. Is it hard to mount? :loco:
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DRO is a Digital Read Out. it helps you know exactly where you are in space X-Y-Z. The calipers are 6 inch cheap Chinese ones. I have since discovers some from Grizzly that are not much more and are more robust and have a remote display... maybe I will upgrade one day, but these work fine for now. If I had this setup when I started the heads, they would all be the exact same.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/0-6-Digital-Fractional-Horizontal-Vertical-Remote-Scale/T21577
http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Digital-Scale-with-Remote-Readout-Inch-Metric-Fraction/T23012
The calipers came from Harbor Freight (there is a store 5 miles from my house...). I have some really good coupons that get them down to $9.99...
http://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-digital-caliper-47257.html
I also now have a tilt vise. WOW! I wish I had that when I started the heads!!! oh well... now I do... It was way out when I got it, but it is within a thou now. Having the tools.... priceless...
saw:
Thanks for replay, it's very intressting, but I did not quite understand, how to mount it on the mill, I supose I have to drill some right? :loco:
dbvandy:
--- Quote from: saw on March 25, 2011, 08:17:16 PM ---Thanks for replay, it's very intressting, but I did not quite understand, how to mount it on the mill, I supose I have to drill some right? :loco:
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Two holes for each axis. not real big ones and they cause no change to the operation of the mill. I made brackets and epoxied them to the scales... I tried to drill them... but they are hardened stainless and I did not have any cobalt drills, just HSS.
Doug
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