07-19-2014, 05:56 PM
OK, finally an update to the project.
I wanted to get the DRO scale mounted so I could regain use of the cross slide lock. That required me to make new scale mounting brackets. That's done now and all back together. If you remember my complaint from post number 1, I was complaining about movement in the cross slide of between .015 - .020" as displayed by the DRO. I'm happy to report that the changes I've made have reduced the movement to less than .001".
I owe a lot of thanks to Ken for making me the new lead screw and nut for the cross slide. I doubt I would have been able to accomplish that on my own.
Tomorrow I'm going to do some real world testing to make sure it all works under power. I'll report back with the results.
Ed
I wanted to get the DRO scale mounted so I could regain use of the cross slide lock. That required me to make new scale mounting brackets. That's done now and all back together. If you remember my complaint from post number 1, I was complaining about movement in the cross slide of between .015 - .020" as displayed by the DRO. I'm happy to report that the changes I've made have reduced the movement to less than .001".
I owe a lot of thanks to Ken for making me the new lead screw and nut for the cross slide. I doubt I would have been able to accomplish that on my own.
Tomorrow I'm going to do some real world testing to make sure it all works under power. I'll report back with the results.
Ed