Today I acquired...........

[Hood]

What made you go for Newall over something cheaper?

I currently have a Chinese one on the lathe, has been great and I have had it at least 15 years and never an issue. The problem however is it is the one I had on my Bridgeport mill and the longest scale is too short as the lathe is a long bed with 50" between centres and the scale is only 30" or so, that means I have to have a hard stop and if needing to use the full travel I need to remove the reader head fixing.

The DRO is also really a Mill DRO although it does have radius mode so it can be used fine on the lathe, the drawback being if you want to enter a value in the X DRO it will enter it as double, easily solved though by pressing the 1/2 key, so no real hardship.

Why did I go with the Newall, well I liked the look of it and also it was the only kit they offered for the long bed, prob could have messed around and got longer length scales added but decided just to splash a bit of cash

 

[Hood]

feeling flush with all that dealing of lathe tools on here?

Aye, they just about paid for the brackets

 

[Hood]

From m-dro? They said allow 2-3 weeks for dispatch. It's been 3 weeks now so I'm sending a chase up email.

Mine was in stock, yours may not have been, I notice mine is now pre order so obviously they only had one in stock for the POS I have.

 

[Hood]

I keep thinking about a DRO for the lathe, it would be really nice to not have to rely on the top slide or a dial indicator to hit Z dimensions. I'd love to start working in metric too.

There may be a used one in the for sale section shortly

Next week maybe.

 

[My Old Landy]

I'd love to start working in metric too.

What is this devilry

 

[Hood]

What is this devilry

It is the unit of choice of the sane

 

[My Old Landy]

It is the unit of choice of the sane

Ah, so that is why I use Imperial.....

 

[Hood]

Ah, so that is why I use Imperial.....

Well in all honesty it was already known. I mean you love Landrovers after all

 

[My Old Landy]

Well in all honesty it was already known. I mean you love Landrovers after all

Yep, nail firmly on head!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Same NMS300 unit, spherosyn and microsyn encoders

Translation, please? [if it's too complicated for a simple brain, just say so and save loads of typing.... ]

 

[Munkul]

Translation, please? [if it's too complicated for a simple brain, just say so and save loads of typing.... ]

Reet nice quality screen, reet nice quality encoders

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Reet nice quality screen, reet nice quality encoders

Thanks, that's succinct enough for me , especially as I've no intention of fitting one of these to my tiny ML7....

 

[Hood]

Translation, please? [if it's too complicated for a simple brain, just say so and save loads of typing.... ]

Newall Spherosyn Technology

Technology description

www.newall.co.uk

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Newall Spherosyn Technology

Technology description

www.newall.co.uk

Thanks, Robin - that's definitely made my mind up.

 

[Memmeddu]

Well not today but yesterday
Stator windings
Armature
Maintenance kit
A Seeger
And a new powercord for a Makita HM0871C
+ A 6201 V ball bearing this morning

 

[Hood]

Thanks, Robin - that's definitely made my mind up.

For a Myford something along the lines of these would likely be good. I just bought one for the quill of the lathe, it is in those old fashioned insanity units and decided for drilling I would be better off with one, shame I ordered the wrong orientation one

M-SURE

Machine DRO Root Description

www.machine-dro.co.uk

 

[MattF]

shame I ordered the wrong orientation one

 

[Tangledfeet]

From CPC Farnell some solder and an Amphenol plug to mate with the rear of the MicorTIG... but guess what I should have ordered instead?



Yes, that's right - an Amphenol socket.

 

[Hood]

For a Myford something along the lies of these would likely be good. I just bought one for the quill of the lathe, it is in those old fashioned insanity units and decided for drilling I would be better off with one, shame I ordered the wrong orientation one

M-SURE

Machine DRO Root Description

www.machine-dro.co.uk

Arc Euro does similar as I am sure many others do.

Digital Readout Bars - Dedicated Remote Display - Arc Euro Trade

With their dedicated remote display, these bars can be mounted at any angle. ABS/INC modes. Sizes: 150mm, 200mm, 300mm, 500mm, 600mm & 1000mm.

www.arceurotrade.co.uk

 

[slim_boy_fat]

For a Myford something along the lines of these would likely be good. I just bought one for the quill of the lathe, it is in those old fashioned insanity units and decided for drilling I would be better off with one, shame I ordered the wrong orientation one

M-SURE

Machine DRO Root Description

www.machine-dro.co.uk

Arc Euro does similar as I am sure many others do.

Digital Readout Bars - Dedicated Remote Display - Arc Euro Trade

With their dedicated remote display, these bars can be mounted at any angle. ABS/INC modes. Sizes: 150mm, 200mm, 300mm, 500mm, 600mm & 1000mm.

www.arceurotrade.co.uk

Thanks. I'll just buy a pair of stronger cheapie reading specs when the time comes.....