Another Mill Tramming Tool

[chip maker]

As I know many people don't feel there is a need for one of these but to me they make the job of tramming a little more simple. This wasn't really a big deal to make and I kind of copied the idea from others that were home buildt. I had all the material except the dial gages and they came from Grizzly at a very reasonable price. Only a few days work to finish it up. I also made the box to hold it as well.

 

[coolidge]

Very nice craftsmanship! I recently trammed my mill with a Starrett Spindle Square and it was so much easier.

 

[silence dogood]

Going further and building the box was an excellent ideal. Good job! Mark

 

[Terrywerm]

In addition to tramming the head square with the table, one can also use one of these in place of a sine bar to set the head to a precise angle if built in such a way that the stems stick out a little further. Definitely a very worthwhile project. Nice job!

 

[chip maker]

Never thought of using it as a sine bar to set angles but that is a good idea. These were only 1/2in range dials but I could just add extensions on the gages to make them a bit longer. That or could order out new gages with longer range. Have to keep this in mind. !!

 

[kd4gij]

What Terry said. I built mine so it has the full travel of the indicators.