Does any body here have DRO's mounted on their lathe ?
Just got a cummins 7-12 and was thinking dros would be a cool addition.
What I was thinking ,was get a couple of those cheap digital calipers modify them and put on the lathe as dros.
Just not sure where or how to mount them .
Ideas , anybody ?
Dave
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05-21-2006, 07:41 AM #1
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06-27-2006, 01:35 AM #2
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I think the idea of cheap DRO's is interesting, and the thought struck me- yeah why not just use a set of DRO scales on a lathe.
Of course I'm a machining idiot right now so I am not a source. (that would seem to be affordable though.
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06-27-2006, 01:36 AM #3
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By the way, if you have a welder that would seem to be the way to attach the calipers.
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06-27-2006, 03:01 AM #4
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Dave,
Several people have used the Shumatech DRO-350 on mini-mills and mini-lathes. You can use the DRO-350 with either Chinese scales (calipers) or with a QCC-100 adapter board (one per axis) you can use quadrature scales. I have one mounted on an RF30 Mill-Drill using Chinese scales and another one built but not yet mounted on my lathe. There is a Shumatech website and a Shumatech yahoo support group.
Alan
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