(06-06-2016, 02:48 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: [ -> ]It wouldn't be set up if it lacked a DRO.
Gee, I guess I ran "non set up" Bridgeports for 30+ years then. None of them had DRO's but I was pretty darn good at counting off revs of .200" per turn.
Still am. :)
(06-09-2016, 05:14 PM)PixMan Wrote: [ -> ] (06-06-2016, 02:48 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: [ -> ]It wouldn't be set up if it lacked a DRO.
Gee, I guess I ran "non set up" Bridgeports for 30+ years then. None of them had DRO's but I was pretty darn good at counting off revs of .200" per turn.
Still am. :)
A DRO will pay for itself in a month or less due to increased production and improved quality, especially when center to center of dowel holes is tight. Yeah I ran mills & lathes W/O DRO's for at least that much time and ran lathes W/O a Travel Dial for years. Amazing things happen when one keeps up with technology.
BTW, I rarely use HSS turning tools these days.
Anybody ever use a jog function on the mill? I've used it on my lathe but I'm not sure how useful it would be on a mill. I can eliminate a switch and the associated wiring if it' not going to be useful.
Ed
Might be handy for tapping Ed
Yup, I thought of that after posting. It stays in the design.
Ed
I've had it on machines, and even my current lathe has a spindle jog button.
In sum total I have used them exactly ZERO times, and I do power tapping on both machines.
A jog button for feed on a mill...indispensable.
(06-11-2016, 08:15 PM)PixMan Wrote: [ -> ]...my current lathe has a spindle jog button.
In sum total I have used them exactly ZERO times...
Not true - you pressed it when I first visited and you were showing me the controls for your lathe
(06-12-2016, 11:12 AM)Highpower Wrote: [ -> ]Is there an advantage of using a jog button over using the crank handles somehow for slow deliberate table movements?
The jog button on the mill is for the spindle, not for table movement. At least on my mill.
Oh, and I use the jog button on the lathe quite often.
Ed