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The Merry Miller14/11/2011 16:51:39
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Evening all, (knees bend and all that)
 
Has anyone fitted the "Igaging" DRO's to the above milling machine.
I would be interested to read their comments and what problems they had if at all possible.
 
Igaging stuff is available from "Intelligent Workshop Tools"
 
Len. P.
 
 
 

 
 
The Merry Miller22/11/2011 20:44:19
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Well, no response to that one.
 
Let's try this one!
Has anybody out there fitted a DRO of any kind to the above mill?
I would be very interested to hear people's comments and recommendations or otherwise about systems they have installed.
 
Len. P.
 

 

Stub Mandrel22/11/2011 21:04:08
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Sorry no to both questions, but just so you don't feel ignored there was a picture of a young Tom Senior himself in an ME of about 1940. He had a remarkably modern haircut and was a pretty sharp businessman by all acounts, as well as insisting on quality.
 
I reckon if he was alive today he would have been running an IT company!
 
Neil
Ian P22/11/2011 21:08:39
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Len
 
I cannot offer any direct info but I too am considering fitting igaging DROs to my mill (not a Tom Senior).
 
These scales work on the same principle as cheap Chinese calipers and as such 'can' suffer from swarf ingress and of coarse limited resolution . The big advantage with having a separate display is that the scale can be sited out of harms way.
 
I hacked two 6" calipers and fitted them to a small mill last year, they transformed the use of the machine but having to mount them so the display was readable meant they required frequent dismantling to clean them. I don't think the same would apply to a remote display setup.
 
One question that might be worth asking of igaging relates to 'auto power off' and whether the last reading is stored when off.
 
The calipers I used switched off the display after 10 minutes or so. When I switched the caliper back on the display showed the value it had when it turned off. If I went away from a job for a cup of tea I knew I could just carry on from where I left off. The new calipers I have also switch themselves off, BUT, they always initialise to zero. I don't know whether the igaging scales have auto off but it would be worth asking before you buy.
 
Ian Phillips
 
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NJH22/11/2011 21:23:00
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Hi Len
These scales/displays look very like the ones I purchased from Warco for my mill . I can confirm that mine hold their display when switched off ( even over extended periods) . I have fixed the scale to the rear of my mill table and it is protected by a piece of right angle section aluminium along its length. Seems to work well.
 
Regards
 
Norman

Edited By NJH on 22/11/2011 21:23:55

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