I'm working on a DRO PROS install for my mill. I wanted the mounts to fit my machine, not it and every other. I hope they look cleaner. X(table) was simple. They gave me a lovely casting and two holes tapped into the saddle secured it. You'll notice 4 dog screws used for leveling. How nice! Two more holes in the table to hold the scale and X is pretty much done.
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Y(saddle), I built out of angle and pieces they gave me machined to fit my needs. I really like those dog screws for leveling!
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Z(knee) I built again. I used 3 dogs for leveling. Probably not again. It was wrong wrong wrong , then perfect. It is different leveling from three points for sure! I felt the need to make a little lid for this scale as it sits in a pretty swarfy little spot.
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Now for U(quill) That's my head scratcher. Someone had already mounted something on this housing and wasn't shy about it. Under the quill you see two pan head screws in oddly aligned holes.
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These show my bracket made to fit screwy screws complete with relief for removing quill stop screw. The reader head bracket is bolted to the reader head right next to it.
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Here is the top bracket for the scale. It was one of theirs completely overhauled.
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We see in these photos the very nice square quill stop bracket given to us in the hardware as a direct replacement for the Round Bridgeport one. It's complete with two tapped holes in it's face. Very Nice! We also see the L bracket I made and why the funny relief in it's back.
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Scale brackets in place.
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Scale mounted, then cover mounted to scale. Notice the dog screw pattern on each end of each scale, handy.
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This is my simple bracket plate for mounting the display arm. Again they gave me nice stuff to work with. The swivel bracket is set up with dog point set screws too!
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And sometimes U! If you look at the bottom right of the LCD's, you will see a red U indicating the readout numbers in Z are displaying the Quill's whereabouts. It will read z, u or sum both.
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I hope I can figure out how to move this whole thing to general machining. If not I guess I'll cry for help. Stay tuned as I have cables to route and such. She looks like an octopuss.
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Y(saddle), I built out of angle and pieces they gave me machined to fit my needs. I really like those dog screws for leveling!
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Z(knee) I built again. I used 3 dogs for leveling. Probably not again. It was wrong wrong wrong , then perfect. It is different leveling from three points for sure! I felt the need to make a little lid for this scale as it sits in a pretty swarfy little spot.
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Now for U(quill) That's my head scratcher. Someone had already mounted something on this housing and wasn't shy about it. Under the quill you see two pan head screws in oddly aligned holes.
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These show my bracket made to fit screwy screws complete with relief for removing quill stop screw. The reader head bracket is bolted to the reader head right next to it.
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Here is the top bracket for the scale. It was one of theirs completely overhauled.
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We see in these photos the very nice square quill stop bracket given to us in the hardware as a direct replacement for the Round Bridgeport one. It's complete with two tapped holes in it's face. Very Nice! We also see the L bracket I made and why the funny relief in it's back.
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Scale brackets in place.
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Scale mounted, then cover mounted to scale. Notice the dog screw pattern on each end of each scale, handy.
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This is my simple bracket plate for mounting the display arm. Again they gave me nice stuff to work with. The swivel bracket is set up with dog point set screws too!
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And sometimes U! If you look at the bottom right of the LCD's, you will see a red U indicating the readout numbers in Z are displaying the Quill's whereabouts. It will read z, u or sum both.
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I hope I can figure out how to move this whole thing to general machining. If not I guess I'll cry for help. Stay tuned as I have cables to route and such. She looks like an octopuss.