Finishing off my DRO Install
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2022
- #metallathe #engineering #modification #upgrade #machinery #machining
Join me in this video as I wrap up the lathe DRO install in time for Christmas.
If you are considering adding a DRO to your Lathe then this video maybe perfect for you, helping you through the installation.
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Kit used in video
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the more i make stuff, the more i appreciate simple bulletproof ways of mounting things. very nice
Thank you I’m hoping that it will last as minimal moving parts.
Hi Joe I just bought a cheep 8x16 lathe knowing I will have to go through it and fix all the problems it comes with. Its a MX210V, eventually I want to install a dro but at the moment I am lengthening the compound feed screw as it has only 1" of travel. Many more problems to work through buts thats the fun of it. Thanks for your vids, I'm learning a lot. Keep the vids coming.
Thanks for sharing. The tool library function is best used in conjunction with a solid tool post mount because you don’t lose your offsets as you will when you adjust the angle / position of the compound slide.
Hey dude I was hoping I could use it with my QCTP. I thought I saw a this old Tony video where he could swap tools out and the zero position would move with it.
@@MachiningwithJoe oh yes, it will transfer the zero position once you have programmed the offsets in X and Z but what I mean is is that if you adjust the compound slide angle or move the dial, you will lose your offsets to a degree. You can reset the angle and return the dial to where it was when you set the tool library up but it will be subject to some error. The DRO measuring the linear positions of the cross slide and the carriage but there is no feedback to the DRO on where the compound slide is.
I did a video on how I set mine up:
ruclips.net/video/iZYXCUMgf2g/видео.html
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Joe to you and your loved ones, thanks for all the content so far.
Cheers from Down Under
Hi Bob thanks for your support on the channel. Have a good Xmas and new year too and hopefully hear from you in the new year. All the best.
I used a magnetic scale on the cross slide (X), more compact and easy to fit.
Yeah a slimline magnetic scale would have been great but unfortunately this is what you get from cheap budget import lathes.
Well done Joe. Happy Christmas mate.
Thanks Dermot happy Christmas to you too.
As a Myford lathe owner, I was lucky that MDRO supply an embedded cross slide reader for their DRO. Such a neat solution. Hidden out of sight. Well done on your own installation. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and the family. 👏👏👍😀 Andrew
Hi Andrew that must be great to have a lathe with a dro already fitted. Happy Xmas to you too all the best.
@@MachiningwithJoe Hi Joe. No I bought my Myford Super 7 used, without a DRO. After about a year I knew I needed one and came across the company M- DRO which supplies a bespoke kit. I needed to machine the underside of the cross slide to fit the embedded DRO. Such a clever design.
Oh sorry Andrew I misread your first comment. That’s awesome the bespoke kits that companies supply are great pricey but great. I did find one company that offered a kit purpose built for the M300 but it was £800ish so glad I got the import kit to work.
@@MachiningwithJoe I know what you mean. I did toy with an import kit (like I have bought for my mill) but was swayed by the embedded cross slide feature. From memory it was about £440, so not too bad. Still a hole in my pocket 😂
Nice work pal
Thanks Matt.
Nice work Joe , it is a gift that keeps on giving, forever. Cheers and Merry Christmas!
Hey Howder thank you, glad it’s all done now I can appreciate having a lathe with a dro again. Happy Xmas to you too.
Hi Joe, watching with interest as I need to do the same thing on my M300. You are going to have to watch coolant ingress, maybe you could form an angled trough of sorts above the slot using silicone to direct any fluid away (like a gutter). Just a point of reference in case you have any new starts watching you, it was the cross slide you fitted the scale to, not the top slide (which is an old synonym for the compound slide). Cheers, Jon
Hi Jon yeah that is a great point they did come with some aluminium guards so I’ll have to be sure I fit it. Wouldn’t want the scale filling up with oil. Thanks for the idea all the best.
Merry Christmas to you Joe. These videos are timely for me - I have my DRO kit for my lathe sitting in the spare room waiting for a chance to fit it to my lathe, so no doubt I will revisit these videos a few times over the christmas break!
Hi Jack glad these videos might get a chance to help you out. You’ll have to let me know how you get on.
Subscribed. I dig your channel.
Thanks dude glad your enjoying the channel
Joe You got a link to what the kit is and where you got it from? Ta
Hi Neil I’ve updated the video description so the link is there.
Hello Joe,
Does that cross slide DRO bracket interfere with the tailstock much when you are drilling stuff in your 3 jaw chuck ?
Hi Graham luckily enough the tail stock quill is long enough for it not to be an issue. Any drill over 8mm I don’t even notice drill bits under and short ones then I have to have the quill extended a bit more than before.