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- Mar 27, 2017
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Not sure where to look for lower cost DRO and one that will fit the machine without major complications or modifications. Also would like the DRO to be readable down to half thousands or better. Any suggestions ? ?
If you do, make it longer than I did so the scale doesn't interfere with the tailstock approach to the carriage. Hindsight......Nice job ! That’s just what I may need to do on my 9” SB “c“ model.
It is a bottomless can of worms.I did, at the last look at DRO’s, change my mind and purchased a 3 axis set. Looking at my milling machine closely made me re-think how to control the Z Axis better. I figured it would be better to have a readout on the knee rather than on the quill.
Also decided to run thru resetting the gibs to tighten up any slop there on all the axis ways before attaching the scales.
Funny how upgrading a machine makes one think of all the necessary adjustments and how one can make it better ! Makes me think how many other things need to be done on all of the other machines ! Opened a can of worms ! !