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Thread: WM-14 Quill DRO
22/05/2023 09:21:52
Yes. That looks good. Part of the project is to integrate it with the ' Z axis display. I guess that would work if it didn't flap about being only held at one end.

Photos are in my album 'Mill DRO'.

If you want an optical scale to match an existing DRO system, I have taken a couple of photos of the smallest one that Warco do (100mm travel). You could make up some brackets to mount it in front of the existing readout.

Stuart

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 22/05/2023 00:10:22

22/05/2023 09:21:50
Yes. That looks good. Part of the project is to integrate it with the ' Z axis display. I guess that would work if it didn't flap about being only held at one end.

Photos are in my album 'Mill DRO'.

If you want an optical scale to match an existing DRO system, I have taken a couple of photos of the smallest one that Warco do (100mm travel). You could make up some brackets to mount it in front of the existing readout.

Stuart

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 22/05/2023 00:10:22

22/05/2023 09:16:15
Posted by Mike Hurley on 21/05/2023 09:25:35:

Not answering the question specifically - but -

Yes the LCD display is difficult to read, however I found that using one of those small head torches helps a great deal. When you look at the display with it on it gives much higher contrast and is easy to see. Also helps to illuminate the work as well. Perhaps worth trying before modifying your kit?

Yes. You're right. Lighting does help or wearing a white apron! . Also the height of the workbench also means that I am looking at it from the wrong angle.

20/05/2023 19:11:02

Thank you. Yes their smallest one seems to be 6 1/4 in, but maybe it could be adapted...

20/05/2023 16:58:34

Has anyone replaced the WM14 Quill DRO with something that can plug into a display? I find the LCD display quite hard to read.

There is a Youtube video of such a thing with another milling machine and the poster managed to sum the Quill DRO with the Z axis which seems to be an excellent idea.

So, one needs to find a 100mm encoder and reader that will sort of fit into the space available and produce an output compatible with that from the glass encoders I had fitted on the machine...

Matt

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