Zero-It Indicator Holder Finished

[Mark Lossner]

After a few false starts (read, messed up parts), I finally finished my "Zero-It" indicator. This works a lot better than the "Jerry Lewis" style thing I have been using. All in all, this was a good project. It included milling, turning, threading, and knurling. One has to be careful about moving the milling table in order to insure those rods slide easily in the various parts. I didn't make progress pictures because I was too intent on getting all of this right; and, you guys really don't need to see my screw-ups.

The project came from here: http://homemetalshopclub.org/projects/indhold/hldr1.html

The finished unit looks like this:





This was an enjoyable project ... partularly now that it works smoothly and does its job.

Mark

 

[Old Iron]

Nice job Mark, I bet there will be a lot copying it.

Paul

 

[Ray C]

That's very nice indeed! In one of the holes, you have two relief cuts... Did you do that with a small rotary cutter?


Once again, nice job.

 

[KevinL]

Looks real nice... Great Job!

 

[Mark Lossner]

Did you do that with a small rotary cutter?

Ray,
That was indeed cut with a 1 1/2" diameter slotting saw in a homemade arbor. I guess I really should have photographed the steps.

Thanks for the kind praise. It takes the sting out of my "spare parts" pile. )

Mark

 

[Mark Lossner]

Nice job Mark...

Thanks, Paul. It works surprisingly well. I made sure the camera angle didn't reveal the hole that was crookedly tapped. :lmao:

Mark

 

[Mark Lossner]

Looks real nice... Great Job!

Thanks Kevin! It seems weird to have finally completed a useful and slightly difficult project.

Mark

 

[jumps4]

that came out really nice
another one to add to my list
your knurled knobs really add a pro touch to the project
steve

 

[tony64]

great job look great

 

[Art K]

I have to admit that looks like a good project. I have an old Mitutoyo model I got used 30 years ago and it's a bit tired, but works unlike the cheap junk i bought at a show.
Art