Recent content by Davo J

If you look up in the quill you should see a key, see if that's stopping it at that point.

I'm never use R8,, but believe there is a locating key in there that people often remove.

It's been some years since I've posted here and thought I'd posted my DRO install here back in 2010 (so i just found out googling lol) but evedently not. I really like you install and power feed, it is a whole new world ( I installed the Y and Z axis to my machine as the X axis come standard on...

Those pictures are coming up with a credit though them for me at least

Looks like your enjoying the journey, just be careful heating cast iron machine parts as it can warp them. I have blackened bolts for many years but always use a few litres of old engine oil to dunk the bolt in.

Thanks Steve, This made me think of another thread that was just recent about selling plans. If some one was posting lots of pictures and selling plans the money would/could be used for things like this. A lot of people forget about the cost people pay to share their projects and pictures...

I am not sure if it's been mention, but you can open another account at photo bucket and place future photos there. Dave

Nice videos, thanks. Buying tooling like this for the home shop is sort of like buying a nascar to do the local shopping. Sure the feeds and speeds are nice to look at, but totally unpractical for the home shop one offs. Like said earlier, HSS tooling is the way to go for home shops with carbide...

I agree, just start a paypal dispute and get you full money back as what you got is not what you paid for. I have had 100% success with getting back what I wanted with the few problems I have had over the years. Dave

The DRO has rotary capability on the 5th axis, but I am using it on the ram as it's a knee mill. This way I can throw the Y number into to the calculator and subtract or add the ram, then put that number back into the Y. It would be good if they had summing of the Y and B (5th) and the Z and A...

I posted this up on another forum a few years back, and thought it might help be of interest in this thread. I have a few digital levels and angle gauges and over time have wondered how they compare to normal and precision machinist levels. The standard type Stabila builders levels work out to...

Yeah and no more backlash to worry about with counting hand wheels. I just thought I would mention those points to make your system last longer. I know with me things are are one off purchase and I cant afford to be buying them twice. Talking about buying, I fitted a 5 axis readout to my mill...

You can get a 8 inch level posted for $85 from CTC tools. http://www.ctctools.biz/servlet/the-403/PRECISION-LEVELLING-OF-MACHINE/Detail Dave

I think the forum resizes the pictures as they look fine. With the knee cable, if it's toward the bottom it acts as a drip relief, where the way it is now any oil or coolant etc will run strait to the reader head. The cable is usually looped at the bottom and then cable tied to the bracket...

You did a great job on the mounting brackets considering this is your first one, I bet it has taken your machining to another level. Just a few tips, 1 You need to turn the scale around on the knee so the cable exits toward the bottom.in the manual it should tell you how to reverse the scale...