On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:49:31 -0500, Ignoramus9618
wrote:


2. Turn a shaft with a close fitting insert section and Locktite it into
the spindle bore? Ensuring you keep the extension shaft aligned will be
the trick. I'd suggest making the encoder plate that mounts on top of
the mill with a bearing in it to keep things centered and not allow side
movement of the shaft in the encoder.

Locktiting anything into the spindle is a scary concept. I would really
like that stuff to be removable.

Shrug..why not simply make a slotted/notched, cut at and angle etc etc
bar with a bolt that runs through it and when you tighten a nut on the
top end...it squeezed the bar enough to expand it inside the spindle,
then mount your encoder on top of the bolt the nut has been pulling up
on? WHen you need to remove it..simply back off the (2) nuts you used
to expand the bar, give it a tap..and voila..its loose



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