MWF FEED
21st February 2021, 07:50 AM
Hi Guys,
I've been getting on with installing the scales for the DRO that turned up last week. Earlier I fitted the bracket for the display support arm. I had to turn a sleeve for it because they had supplied an M8 fastening bolt and used a 10 mm hole in the display support arm and mounting bracket.
17-02-2021-003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390825&d=1613851301) 17-02-2021-004.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390826&d=1613851310) 17-02-2021-005.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390827&d=1613851315)
These pictures show the sleeve and M8 bolt. I used M6 cap screws to secure the bracket to the mill column.
Today I've made and fitted a pair of brackets to support the vertical scale on the side of the mill column.
20-02-2021-002.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390833&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-003.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390832&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-007.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390830&d=1613851489)
I used some 3 mm aluminium plate to make these two fastening plates. I used an M6 CSK screw to fasten the plate and M4 cap screws and nuts to support the back end. I threaded the holes for the screws M4 that hold the scales as well.
You can see in the third picture just how close to the head of the CSK screw I had to get in order to clear the radiused corner on the mill column.
The zinc plated M4 cap screws simply press against the mill column and the black long M4 cap screws hold the scales in position. I used a nut to lock the screw when I had adjusted the scale square to the milling slide.
20-02-2021-005.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390831&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-008.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390829&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-009.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390828&d=1613851489)
These three pictures show how the scale fits to the mill column and the gap between the read head and the vertical slide. Unsurprisingly the gap only needs a piece of 3 mm thick aluminium plate to secure the read head to the slide. The important part was getting the scale parallel to both the column and slide, however there is plenty of adjustment there.
Next Job is the "Y" axis.
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Read the full thread at metalworkforums.com... (https://metalworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=206308&goto=newpost)
I've been getting on with installing the scales for the DRO that turned up last week. Earlier I fitted the bracket for the display support arm. I had to turn a sleeve for it because they had supplied an M8 fastening bolt and used a 10 mm hole in the display support arm and mounting bracket.
17-02-2021-003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390825&d=1613851301) 17-02-2021-004.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390826&d=1613851310) 17-02-2021-005.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390827&d=1613851315)
These pictures show the sleeve and M8 bolt. I used M6 cap screws to secure the bracket to the mill column.
Today I've made and fitted a pair of brackets to support the vertical scale on the side of the mill column.
20-02-2021-002.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390833&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-003.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390832&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-007.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390830&d=1613851489)
I used some 3 mm aluminium plate to make these two fastening plates. I used an M6 CSK screw to fasten the plate and M4 cap screws and nuts to support the back end. I threaded the holes for the screws M4 that hold the scales as well.
You can see in the third picture just how close to the head of the CSK screw I had to get in order to clear the radiused corner on the mill column.
The zinc plated M4 cap screws simply press against the mill column and the black long M4 cap screws hold the scales in position. I used a nut to lock the screw when I had adjusted the scale square to the milling slide.
20-02-2021-005.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390831&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-008.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390829&d=1613851489) 20-02-2021-009.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=390828&d=1613851489)
These three pictures show how the scale fits to the mill column and the gap between the read head and the vertical slide. Unsurprisingly the gap only needs a piece of 3 mm thick aluminium plate to secure the read head to the slide. The important part was getting the scale parallel to both the column and slide, however there is plenty of adjustment there.
Next Job is the "Y" axis.
Attached Images
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