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Bit the bullet & bought an I-gaging 3 scale DRO which arrived late 2/12/18. It was well packaged and appears to be ok. The instruction book says to plug it in to check if powers up properly. The first question: Do I power the DRO up prior to mounting and connecting the scales? I read somewhere the startup more or less sets the functioning of the scales. There is information about mounting the scales.
Mounting: If possible should the read heads (pick up points) be stationary? This would avoid a lot of flexing in the cables.
I am thinking of mounting the X scale behind the column to avoid loosing a lot of Y travel. I have some 1.5/ X 1.5 X 1/4 aluminum angle and believe it would be rigid enough.
Should I mount the scales on pasteboard (back of tablets) to avoid vibration and possible electrical ground loops (read a blog discussing read out problems)
It is obvious that I am a newby here and would certainly appreciate help from experienced users of DROs on round column mill/drills.
Thanks
Ray
Mounting: If possible should the read heads (pick up points) be stationary? This would avoid a lot of flexing in the cables.
I am thinking of mounting the X scale behind the column to avoid loosing a lot of Y travel. I have some 1.5/ X 1.5 X 1/4 aluminum angle and believe it would be rigid enough.
Should I mount the scales on pasteboard (back of tablets) to avoid vibration and possible electrical ground loops (read a blog discussing read out problems)
It is obvious that I am a newby here and would certainly appreciate help from experienced users of DROs on round column mill/drills.
Thanks
Ray