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Steve Worcester
 
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Default Mounting a Mill-drill (Quill) DRO (Digital caliper)

So I bit the proverbial bullet and bought a digital caliper style DRO. I
want to put it on the quill of my mill drill but I guess I don't quite
understand something.
I could mount the bottom bracket to the bottom of the quill and stationary
mount the readout to the side, but can I leave the top unmounted without the
bracket?
Anyone have suggestions (or better yet, pictures? I learn by visual better
than conceptual!)

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Default Mounting a Mill-drill (Quill) DRO (Digital caliper)

Steve Worcester wrote:
So I bit the proverbial bullet and bought a digital caliper style DRO. I
want to put it on the quill of my mill drill but I guess I don't quite
understand something.
I could mount the bottom bracket to the bottom of the quill and stationary
mount the readout to the side, but can I leave the top unmounted without the
bracket?
Anyone have suggestions (or better yet, pictures? I learn by visual better
than conceptual!)


Check out these instructions from the little machine shop.
They should give you some good ideas on mounting.

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/Ins...stallation.pdf
http://www.littlemachineshop.com/Ins...stallation.pdf

Howard
Pickens, SC

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