Align drive install on PM949

Back home and here is a pic of how I mounted my Z axis scale. It's a combination of the plates I got with the DRO and some scrap I had lying around. this sort of mount makes it much harder for debris or lubricants to get into the scale. I hung a bit of rubber to block spray from getting between the scale and the mill frame. Seems to work well:


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Jeepers David, what a clever idea!! I just looked at the pic quickly but until I watched the video I didn't realize what you'd done. GREAT idea to combine the two issues, I"ve mounted my vertical limit switches on the other side which works but what you've done is MUCH slicker. Once again you never fail to impress!
Aelx
 
Thank you both.
I was wondering how to make up for the slope on the side of the mill's base. A couple of angle plates with slotted mounting holes looks like a good idea.

Thank you!
 
IF I remember the slope on my mill was about 3 degrees, I simply milled a couple of 1" thk aluminum plate risers and bolted them to the mill and the scale mounting bar and shield were then mounted to those. Pretty simple to do just a bit fidly to get the angles measured correctly - attached is a pic of the assembly without the rubber guard to make it a bit more obvious

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Jeepers David, what a clever idea!! I just looked at the pic quickly but until I watched the video I didn't realize what you'd done. GREAT idea to combine the two issues, I"ve mounted my vertical limit switches on the other side which works but what you've done is MUCH slicker. Once again you never fail to impress!
Aelx

Thanks Alex. It did take some planning. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmqZf9KY

LOL
 
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