03-07-2013, 08:43 AM
(03-07-2013, 06:37 AM)Dave J Wrote: Hi Ed,
What I mean by a backing spar is just a piece of aluminum solid that the scale mounts onto, then it mounts onto the cross slide, you can see it in the picture sandwiched between the scale and the cross slide.
My scale is already mounted on one so it only a matter of milling it out.
You can mount a couple of nuts in your 3 jaw to hold and machine the bolt head down. You might have a thin spanner laying around, if not either mill it down or grind one down.
I will try to get mine done in the next week or so and put up some pictures.
Dave
Dave,
Thanks for the explanation. I mounted my scale using two small angle brackets on both ends of the scale the angle brackets are mounted to the cross slide. A chunk of aluminum is mounted to the saddle and the reader head is mounted to that. I'll add a better picture this evening. This picture only shows the angle brackets and the new carriage lock I had to fabricate to make room for the scale.
Ed