dro install

Here is a link to a coupla pix of my just-completed LMS5500 mill and DRO install. http://www.avrdev.net/newmill/ This was quite an adventure! First I'd like to give a shout-out to the DRO vendor in the UK: http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/ and a link to the actual package I got...

I'm currently attempting to install the DRO I got from the UK (links in another post). I got the Y axis installed and moved on to the X axis. Turns out (as with my LMS 3960) you have to remove the saddle to drill 2 holes for the read head attachment plate. WARNING Will Smith!! It turns out...

**Updated Feb 18 2017** Hello everyone! I wanted to create a continuation to my restoration thread for my newly acquired Zip-Cut mill. Its been a few weeks and I've been slowly tooling up and getting a feel for how it handles different cutters and materials. It's a great little machine and fits...

I've installed the X-axis scale on the back of the table and am challenged to come up with a way cover design that will work. RF-30 Y-axis ways (2) by heli_av8tor posted Nov 21, 2016 at 10:02 AM Here is the exposed ways with the Y axis extended away from the column. RF-30 Y-axis ways (1) by...