Can Someone Laser Etch a Tailstock Dial

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ndh78

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OK

• Oct 26, 2016

• #1

I have two lathes a Mori and Wacheon they have dials that are .250/.200 per rev with .025/.020 graduations can some etch the dials to have full .001 graduations or at least .002?

 

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capital7

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Barrie

• Oct 27, 2016

• #2

Can it be done? Yes.

Will it be accurate enough? Depends on who sets it up and what your definition of accuracy is.

 

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moonlight machine

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marysville ohio

• Oct 27, 2016

• #3

Why? Just get a digital caliper, make 2 simple brackets, connect the caliper to the quill and the tail stock casting. Now your tailstock has it's own DRO.

 

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SteveBausch

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Indianapolis

• Oct 27, 2016

• #4

Not hard to create graduated collars, there's a PDF on the 'net detailing the steps.

 

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Rollerman

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Waltham, MA

• Oct 27, 2016

• #5

I have seen examples of laser engraving, what I have seen is not a good as mechanical engraving.

 

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TGTool

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Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Oct 27, 2016

• #6

You don't say how large the dials are. Have you done a calculation Pi*Dia/200 to see how far apart each graduation mark would be? That might be fine or might be unrealistic.

 

tnmgcarbide

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• Oct 27, 2016

• #7

i agreee about the digital caliper/scale . it will be more accurate and easier to use, and you can reset it to zero.

no sense reinventing the wheel .

i'd engrave a couple dials for you on my hrt-210 using cylindrical mapping. $400 each.

 

Ray Behner

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Brunswick Oh USA

• Oct 27, 2016

• #8

Here's my idea:



And the one for the American:
http://s625.photobucket.com/user/rbehner/library/american

 

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stephen thomas

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downhill from Twain\'s study outside Elmira, NY

• Oct 27, 2016

• #9

I'm thinking, I'm thinking...

Why laser???

Digital scale is a better solution.

smt

 

rcoope

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Sep 25, 2010

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Vancouver Canada

• Oct 28, 2016

• #10

The answer is you absolutely do rotary laser etching and with sub millimetre lines. We have medical parts engraved on stainless and it's lovely. Digital would still be better though.

 

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moonlight machine

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marysville ohio

• Oct 28, 2016

• #11

Here is what I did