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On my Excel mill/drill the dials on the X and Y axis are locked to their shafts by pins and are not adjustable. The dials are long enough so that there is plenty of room to cut the dials to make them adjustable and put in a set screw to lock the now movable portion of the dial to the shaft. My concern is that dial will now be shorter in length by the width of the cut. It appears that the dial is designed to be a very close fit to the table to control run out. Think that I could make a precision washer to compensate for the width of the cut. I don't know if this would work or cause other problems.
The other thing that I could do is make a sleeve to fit over the existing dial. My problem with this is that I don't have a dividing head to accurately mark the sleeve.
Are there other solutions?
Looking for suggestions.
Chuck
The other thing that I could do is make a sleeve to fit over the existing dial. My problem with this is that I don't have a dividing head to accurately mark the sleeve.
Are there other solutions?
Looking for suggestions.
Chuck