HI Guys,
I'm contemplating something that may be either heresy, or blasphemy, depending on who you talk to, but it seems useful: putting a digital scale on the quill of my 10EE tailstock. (like a digital caliper, without the measuring arms.)
Anybody done this, and have any acquired wisdom to pass on? (as in: where best to put it, where not to drill to anchor it, etc.)
My plan, such as it is, is to make an aluminum collar that grabs the working end of the quill, and anchors one end of the thing, and then make some sort of matching saddle that rides the top of the tailstock, and anchors the other end.
Probably holding the thing tilted at an angle, just to make it easier to read.
I've already got a DRO on the main axes, but there are some things where it'd be handy to know exactly how deep the drill went.
It's Oldster's old machine, so it's a '54 square dial. He had a couple of the little independent digital scales kicking around, and we'd talked about doing it, but never got the time. I may not get the time any time soon, but the more I use the thing for quickie production, the more I want to get a scale on the TS. Pretty much exactly Lee's progression too.
Any advice gladly received.
Regards,
Brian
I'm contemplating something that may be either heresy, or blasphemy, depending on who you talk to, but it seems useful: putting a digital scale on the quill of my 10EE tailstock. (like a digital caliper, without the measuring arms.)
Anybody done this, and have any acquired wisdom to pass on? (as in: where best to put it, where not to drill to anchor it, etc.)
My plan, such as it is, is to make an aluminum collar that grabs the working end of the quill, and anchors one end of the thing, and then make some sort of matching saddle that rides the top of the tailstock, and anchors the other end.
Probably holding the thing tilted at an angle, just to make it easier to read.
I've already got a DRO on the main axes, but there are some things where it'd be handy to know exactly how deep the drill went.
It's Oldster's old machine, so it's a '54 square dial. He had a couple of the little independent digital scales kicking around, and we'd talked about doing it, but never got the time. I may not get the time any time soon, but the more I use the thing for quickie production, the more I want to get a scale on the TS. Pretty much exactly Lee's progression too.
Any advice gladly received.
Regards,
Brian