I bought this mill acouple months ago to compliment my CX-701 lathe for machining projects. I haven't had a lot of time to use it yet, but knew pretty quickly a DRO was something I wanted on it. I ordered the kit from DRO Pros and got around to installing it this week. The best part of doing it was it gave me a need to use the mill to fabricate some of the mounting blocks for the Y axis scale. It was a bit challenging to get that one installed taking pretty much a full day (not really a full day, just the part between my night shifts at my regular job). The X axis was pretty easy after that as it did not need any mounting blocks or brackets, just some drilling and tapping of holes. Then all that was left was to tidy upo the cables and the rest of the job was done today.
Mouting block for the front of the Y axis scale
Rear mounting block
Y axis scale mounted
Spacer for the trolley bracket
X axis scale mounted
Shield in place - held on with 3M Dual Lock
Cables secured and tidy
Ready to go to work
Mouting block for the front of the Y axis scale
Rear mounting block
Y axis scale mounted
Spacer for the trolley bracket
X axis scale mounted
Shield in place - held on with 3M Dual Lock
Cables secured and tidy
Ready to go to work