Joseph Gwinn wrote:

Well, this has been in progress forever, but I finished installing a Jenix DRO
on the quill of my Millrite MVI vertical mill (resembles a Bridgeport, but about
2/3 the size) today. I now have X, Y, and Z axes covered.

I started a gatling project over two hears ago. Buying and repairing a lathe and a mill
extended the start date a bunch.

What a help a DRO is, especially with older machines with wear.

If your Z (column) ways are a bit whupped, the quill dialed in is all you can really
trust. I have a bit of wear in my Z column on my bridgeport but when it matters enough, I
can work around it. Thankfully X and Y were rescraped at one point and hard chromed.
Table surface a bit ugly.

Now, only the knee lacks a scale. I have the necessary scale, but don't know
when I'll get around to installing it. The quill was far more important, and
the knee is the most difficult case - odd shape, nothing flat or perpendicular.

The big issue with putting a DRO on the Millrite (made in June 1965) is that it
was never designed for any such thing, so usually there is no convenient
machined surface to use.

Having a lathe helped a lot, allowing lots of custom little adapters and spacers
to be made.

I'll take some pictures and post them to the dropbox when I have some time.

I would like to see them. Someday my ancient Sony scales are going to die and going 3
axis will on my agenda.

Wes