Hi,

Does anyone know where I could get some scales for X and Y movement of
my milling machine. (need approx. 250mm in x direction and 150mm in y).

I can make the digital readout ok but need the scales. Alternately, a
web site that might have a homebrew version using maybe a rotary encoder
and some form of linear to rotary mechanism to drive the shaft.

Thanks in advance.

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David Huisman
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:32:25 GMT, David
wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know where I could get some scales for X and Y movement of
my milling machine. (need approx. 250mm in x direction and 150mm in y).

I can make the digital readout ok but need the scales. Alternately, a
web site that might have a homebrew version using maybe a rotary encoder
and some form of linear to rotary mechanism to drive the shaft.

Thanks in advance.

http://tinyurl.com/7jves

Poke arond he
http://www.shumatech.com/

This is sort of an "open-source" DRO project. There are links to some
use-groups that talk about scales for this DRO. There were also some
discount optiondiscussed for cheap Chinese scales and also for higher
quality ones as well.

Thanks

That is what I was looking for. The kit is much cheaper than my time to
make one.

lens wrote:
Poke arond he
http://www.shumatech.com/

This is sort of an "open-source" DRO project. There are links to some
use-groups that talk about scales for this DRO. There were also some
discount optiondiscussed for cheap Chinese scales and also for higher
quality ones as well.


--

Kind Regards

David Huisman
General Manager
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS Pty Ltd - Wireless Solutions that Work
(Telemetry, Control, Monitoring, Security, HVAC ...)
A.C.N. 107 441 869


Website : http://www.orbitcoms.com
PO Box 4474 Lakehaven
NSW 2263, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61-2-4393-3627
Fax : 61-2-4393-3685
Mobile: 61-413-715-986

David wrote:

That is what I was looking for. The kit is much cheaper than my time to
make one.

So this one would be "too much time"?
http://www.motor-manufaktur.de/werkstatt/09_yadro/en_index.html


Nick
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