Adding Digital Readouts to my Mill/Drill

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stovebolt:
In the Yahoo Mill-Drill group there is a photo album of a DRO installation on a machine that looks a lot like yours , the "Y" install looks pretty simple. I'm sure you have to join before you can access the pics, It's labeled Bill's new DRO-350.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mill_drill/?yguid=391225240

Good luck, my X3 "Y" install was the most difficult.

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cfellows:
Made some more progress on the X-Axis today. Quite pleased with the way this is going. Thanks again, Joe, for the inspiration!

In this last picture, you can see that I had to set the DRO bar out a ways from the table so it would clear the newly added front oil cup.

By the way, I was able to get the top edge of the readout bar to within .001" of parallel with the bottom of the x-table.

Chuck

Edit: I just noticed that I need to trim a bit off the bottom of the aluminum blocks that bolt to the x-table. They hang down a little bit and will run into the y-axis slide if I don't take some off.

raynerd:
Chuck, what are you going to be using/making/building for covers to protect them from swarf and oil?

Chrus

gbritnell:
Chuck,
When I sold my Enco mill I had taken a bunch of pictures for the new owner to use when he put the machine back together. Sadly I deleted them as I didn't think there would be any use for them. I do have a couple from years ago. One show the X reader head and how I attached it to the machine. It was not a direct bolt up but rather an angle plate with a slot cut into it. I then mounted a round post with 2 flats on it to the saddle. When it protrudes through the bracket it can be turned slightly to take any slop out of the connection but still allow a slight bit of movement for any misalignment.
For the Y axis I made a couple of mounting blocks and shimmed them to get the scale reasonably plumb and level. I then added an aluminum arm to the saddle casting. As you can see I added the linkage which has a swivel joint which again will allow for any misalignment.
I hope these help.
George

cfellows:

--- Quote from: craynerd on December 28, 2011, 04:00:24 AM ---Chuck, what are you going to be using/making/building for covers to protect them from swarf and oil?

Chrus

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The X-axis readout will be covered on top and front with a piece of aluminum angle, similar to what Joe did. The Y-Axis is yet to be determined...

Chuck

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