DRO on Heavy 10 with Taper Attach

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Golts Machinist

Plastic

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Dec 11, 2011

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Eastern Shore, MD

• Dec 19, 2011

• #1

Greetings from the swampy wilds of the Eastern Shore of MD.

New to the group, but not new to either machining or SB lathes, (I have a 16" and a 9")

However:

Rather than re-invent the wheel, I wonder if anyone there would care to share some ideas / photos of how they did (or would) go about mounting a DRO on a Heavy 10 with taper attachment.

 

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jkl

Plastic

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arizona

• Dec 19, 2011

• #2

I have a Newall on my Heavy 10 with a taper attachment, Pretty straight forward to install. It works great.

John

 

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Golts Machinist

Plastic

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Dec 11, 2011

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Eastern Shore, MD

• Dec 20, 2011

• #3

Pictures

Would you have any pictures showing how you connected to the cross slide?

I have ideas, but am not vain enough to think that my ideas are always the best (or only) way to do something.

 

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ticticdoc

Aluminum

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North Canton, ohio

• Dec 20, 2011

• #4

Ditto

I am getting ready to put a DRO on my 10L and would also like to see pictures of your installtion.

 

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Gloveman

Aluminum

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Apr 4, 2010

Location

Melbourne, FL

• Dec 23, 2011

• #5

Me too

I have wanted a DRO for some time. I am interested in how you guys mount it up.

 

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Golts Machinist

Plastic

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Dec 11, 2011

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Eastern Shore, MD

• Jan 31, 2012

• #6

DRO with taper attach

Here is how I did it

I removed the taper attachment 'tail' casting and made a rectangular block
to replace it. I mounted the dro scale there, rather than in the 'usual' place between the ways, which gets in the way of the tailstock and follower rest.

I also made a drilling jig to drill, spot face and tap the bed casting in 3 places to mount the Z axis dro on stand-offs. It is just a V-block with bushings / tool extenders for each tool. I used a wood parallel clamp to hold the block in place since it gave more 'stiction' than a metal c-clamp. v-block positioning was done with ground plates (not shown).

Note:

In the pictures, I have removed much of the taper attachment and the chip guards for the scales so that you can see what is actually going on.

 

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iwananew10K

Diamond

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Sep 12, 2010

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moscow,ohio

• Jan 31, 2012

• #7

that`s slick!
i like your drilling jig too.

 

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WCogger

Plastic

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NE Corner of North Carolina

• Feb 1, 2012

• #8

My SB Heavy 10 Installation

Here are pictures of my installation of a DRO on my SB Heavy 10. The key part was adding a rectangular piece in the cross side so I would have a flat area to mount the DRO.

Bill

 

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Golts Machinist

Plastic

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Eastern Shore, MD

• Feb 2, 2012

• #9

drill jig

I spent more time thinking about it than using it (usually the case in my world).

now that I am done with it, will be relegated to a box on the shelf until I get another lathe (doubtful).

 

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Joe0121

Plastic

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Mount Vernon, Ohio

• Aug 5, 2013

• #10

Golts Machinist said:

I spent more time thinking about it than using it (usually the case in my world).

now that I am done with it, will be relegated to a box on the shelf until I get another lathe (doubtful).

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This thread just sealed it for me. A heavy Ten in my future. Now All I need is to convince my Wife I need to build a work shop.

 

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pdog

Plastic

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so.dak.

• Jan 12, 2020

• #11

why cant we view the pictures of dro install ??

 

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mTeryk

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corvallis,or

• Jan 12, 2020

• #12

Because they used a free photo storage site to host the pictures and then the site decided it wasn't free anymore. A ton of threads all over the web got hosed by this.