TheBigLebowski
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2018
Has Anybody used a rotary encoder for a DRO?
Currently I have an old acurite DRO on my bridgeport, over the weekend the x axis scale bit the dust.
Instead of buying a new DRO setup, I am tempted to buy a good ground ballscrew set that wouldn't cost much more than a dro, and add a rotory encoder to it to keep track of position. The added benefit of course would be that I can easily add a couple of servos for a cnc setup in the future.
The kind of work I use the mill for would not be affected by the couple tenths of backlash in a ballscrew.
Anybody done anything like this?
Currently I have an old acurite DRO on my bridgeport, over the weekend the x axis scale bit the dust.
Instead of buying a new DRO setup, I am tempted to buy a good ground ballscrew set that wouldn't cost much more than a dro, and add a rotory encoder to it to keep track of position. The added benefit of course would be that I can easily add a couple of servos for a cnc setup in the future.
The kind of work I use the mill for would not be affected by the couple tenths of backlash in a ballscrew.
Anybody done anything like this?