MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: NeoTech on December 01, 2013, 10:26:09 AM
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So i just post this cuz it could be interesting for a owner of an Aciera F3 without DRO's. There isnt much information online on howto mount DRO's on these machines and this is how went about it.
Overall, the wiring is a hassle, and its standard length on the dro so they will just be hanging there.. I mounted the thing on the on/off box cuz it was easy to drill and thread rather than the cast iron, didnt wanna poke more holes in the casting than needed too.
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Up and down. So on the backside of the table drive box i poked two holes just above the gearbox. And mounted the bracket. The slide is mounted on the hold "stops" way in existing holes and double sided tape of the 120kg/cm kind.. So its fixed with 2 screws and tape..
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Back and forth. here is the reader stationary and the scale is moving, same goes screwed into existing holes and taped.
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Left and right. This was a hassle.. Had to make a hole, but utilised the groove so i only made one hole of a larger type. The blocks are then milled for slip, and then tig welded into place. I suck at welding aluminium and i will not say anything else.. *check that blob out* Doing it like this i didnt have to conjour up some strange way of mounting the scale below the table. Mainly cuz i have the old "micro scale" but not the instruments for the table.. Its repuporposed as a scale once more. =)
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