| Gallery, Projects and General > Project Logs |
| Adding Digital Readouts to my Mill/Drill |
| (1/5) > >> |
| cfellows:
Starting my own thread on adding Digital Readouts to my Mill Drill. I was inspired by Joe's installation and will copy as much of it as I can. Although I had the dovetail nuts that fasten the moveable x-table stops, they were pretty thin and the threads were pretty worn. So, I made a length of dovetail key from brass 4" long, 1/2" wide and 3/8" thick. The angle on the sides is 10 degrees. I plan to cut off two short sections and drill and tap them 10-24. Chuck |
| 75Plus:
Chuck, from what I can see of your set up I think you will have to change the dimensions I used for the X axis. If what I am seeing is the gib lock you shouldn't have any clearance issues with it. That chamfer on the table edge will be handy for adding a bead of RTV caulk. Joe |
| cfellows:
Thanks for the input, Joe. Not sure I'll silicon around the top since I don't use coolant. I'm also considering making it easily removeable so I don't have to leave it in place all the time. The Y-axis is going to be a real challenge Chuck |
| 75Plus:
Chuck, there is no reason that you could not just firmly anchor just one end of the scale. With the amount of bearing surface in the pick up head if it is carefully aligned and solidly mounted you would not have any problems. You might want to touch the sides of the scale with a 1/8 or 3/16" end mill and move the retaining screws a little closer together so as to ensure the scale stays put. Joe |
| Pete.:
That's not a challenge - wait 'till you see what I've had to do with my 1950's mill. Got my y-axis scale bolted up with bits of packing then filled behind with JBWeld before tightening it up - and that's the easy one! I'll put up pics when I've finished it, bound to get some interesting comments. Race you to the finish Marv! |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |