Milling Machine DRO Fitting | Warco WM16 with No drilling

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Fitting glass scale DRO to my WM16 mill without having to drill any holes in the machine to mount it.
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  • @adhawk5632
    @adhawk5632 Год назад +1

    Did you look for a 4 axis? Or 3 + summing?with 4 ports? Thus dro will add 2 axis together for the combined quill and Z👍👌🇦🇺

    • @CavemanAston
      @CavemanAston  Год назад +1

      no I didnt think about it at the time but wish I had. I may look at moving this one to the lathe and get a bigger and better one for the mill.

    • @adhawk5632
      @adhawk5632 Год назад

      @@CavemanAston my mill has a quill too, I've got the lcd dro and I really like them, but quill axis summing would be sweet. Clough42 does a vid with a dropros unit, worth a watch👍👌🇦🇺

    • @CavemanAston
      @CavemanAston  Год назад +1

      @@adhawk5632 thanks. Ill check it out. Maybe ill be spending some money soon....

  • @ollysworkshop
    @ollysworkshop 2 года назад

    Hi Caveman. I like the way you managed to fit the scales and readout without having to drill holes in your machine. I fitted a very similar one to my mill (also very similar} about 9 months ago and the video has been surprisingly successful. I think you did a much better job of explaining all your decisions and what you were doing better than I did. A couple of things caught my eye, the little red brackets on the read heads are transit brackets and should be removed once fitted. Also, I think you should take another look at your y axis scale and see if you can turn it the other way up, I don't think those lip seals will keep the swarf out for long looking up at it. I got a Chinese manual with mine, so have managed to find the English version. If you need a copy, let me know.

    • @CavemanAston
      @CavemanAston  2 года назад +1

      Hi @ollysworkshop Thanks for the comment. I left the bracket in the video because I was still taking the scale on and off between shots but they are off now (pretty sure I remembered to take them off) and I have covered the Y axis with some rubber sheet stuff that keeps it free of mess but did that after the video.
      So far it has all been pretty easy and straight forward but thank for the offer.

  • @DavidHerscher
    @DavidHerscher 2 года назад

    "AlumINIUM..." Gets me every time. It's ALUMINUM! hahaha Great job, great vid!

    • @CavemanAston
      @CavemanAston  2 года назад

      Hi David, I am glad you like the video. For reference both are correct ways of spelling / saying but Aluminum is specific to north America while most other places use Aluminium.

  • @hownot2mill561
    @hownot2mill561 2 месяца назад

    Hi CavemanAston do you remember where you purchased this DRO? Thanks

    • @brianlempriere2683
      @brianlempriere2683 13 дней назад

      Hello hownotto ! any luck with finding supplier , I am also looking for one

    • @hownot2mill561
      @hownot2mill561 7 дней назад

      @@brianlempriere2683 Afraid not...!