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Frugal Z axis indicator for milling?
I've been diddling about with my Sieg X3, and it's quite nice to
have X and Y axis DRO. The kicker is the Z axis, where there are TWO sources, first, the Quill, second, the Z axis handwheel. My thoughts- use a mag base to attach a dial indicator to the bottom of the head, the main support sticks straight down. Set the other arm so it is parallel to it. Now slap on a dial indicator and indicate from the base of the mill, not the table.... Downside, you will have about 1" of measurement. But in milling, that should be OK. Upside, it's a non-drill solution where you don't have to worry if it's perfectly aligned. Most likely cheaper. Looking for a frugal electronic dial indicator with SPC output. That way, I can cobble the head travel onto the DRO display, and just have the quill travel on the scale. |
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Frugal Z axis indicator for milling?
Louis Ohland wrote:
I've been diddling about with my Sieg X3, and it's quite nice to have X and Y axis DRO. The kicker is the Z axis, where there are TWO sources, first, the Quill, second, the Z axis handwheel. There is someone on Shumatech's YAHOO-group that wanted to -or actually did- build an adder that has 2 Chines scales as input and one Chinese scale as output. Or (shameless plug) www.yadro.de Nick |
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Frugal Z axis indicator for milling?
YADRO looks interesting, but that's another chunk of stuff contending
for space. Nick Mueller wrote: Louis Ohland wrote: I've been diddling about with my Sieg X3, and it's quite nice to have X and Y axis DRO. The kicker is the Z axis, where there are TWO sources, first, the Quill, second, the Z axis handwheel. There is someone on Shumatech's YAHOO-group that wanted to -or actually did- build an adder that has 2 Chines scales as input and one Chinese scale as output. Or (shameless plug) www.yadro.de Nick |
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