Installing a DRO on the Clausing 8520 Milling Machine - Part III

[@douglasbattjes3991]

You already have it mounted, (the knee) readout, I attached a indicator to the table, got the distance of where the bar would be mounted, ran the knee up, took those two readings and made aluminum wedge's, installed the bar to them, they are within .0020. perfect set up. Mounted the reader to the knee on a aluminum bracket I made to fit the knee. Doug

[@dickhorner]

I installed an iGaging scale on my old 17" Jet drill press. Very good for producing consistent counter sinks, etc. And way more handy than the built-in quill stop. Here's the thing: all that's needed is one mount "point" on the mag strip, top or bottom. The sensor block will hold the mag strip in the correct position all along it's travel, creating a "line". The point and line define the common plane. No calculations, shims, or wedgies! That sensor box is both precise and robust. Open one up to see for yourself.

[@MultiTman1000]

The screws are a metric 3mm by .5mm pitch if anyone is interested. I had the same problem and had to raid the metric miscelaneous bin. Or a person could counter bore the mounting plate and thin the thickness down until the provided screws would be long enough. This thickness needs to be about .070" or so to approximate the thickness of the provided brackets that came with the DRO kit. By the way, the scales Chipmaker is using bear a very strong resemblance to the IGAGING scales that sell separately on Ebay. These are single axis with their own display and sell for about 30 to 60 dollars each depending on the length. Right now I am installing the Igaging DRO's on my Clausing 8520 and I did things a bit different, but each to his own I guess.

[@2aklamath]

Cool stuff & nice shirt

[@stefantrethan]

Too bad about the Atlas, but at least we got some shaper action.