Jeephead,
I looked at Red Lion, and the ones I saw were about $200. Are there cheaper ones that I overlooked? Which one did you use? Did you buy it direct or from a distributor?
lens42,
I just used Hz as an example. With the scalable panel meters, I could also scale the output to correspond to RPM, but the problem with that is that my Wells Index mill is belt drive just like a Bridgeport J head, so if I move the belts I would have to re scale the meter. I might find that I use a common belt setting most of the time and scale the meter to correspond with those speeds. With the meter you posted, that would not be a problem if I could find a good spot to mount the head that reads the tape. The spindle would not be a good spot, but I might mount it on the drawbar.
Thanks