Totally understand the struggle. My Abene mill is all curves and hardly has any flat spots on it for mag base indicators. Putting a DRO on it is on the "to do" list.
Couple hundred bucks on ebay and you can get a chinese DRO kit. Someone with your skills could install it in a day. I've done a couple on a couple mills and a couple on a couple lathes and they absolutely transform the functionality of the machine. One day of work and a couple hundred bucks and you don't have to fuss with indicators like this ever again on that machine.
That’s likely true. But for what I use the big mill for right now I’m not going to bother. The larger of the two lathes doesn’t have a DRO on it, and I don’t miss it. All depends on the type of work that ends up on the machine. I couldn’t live without the DRO on the identifies as a Bridgeport mill. Doing things the old way keeps the mind sharp, builds character or something…….thanks for watching and commenting.
The shop I work for bought one of those to try it out, when they got it installed and checked it against a standard the DRO read .040" off in 6 inches. I'm sure some of them work ok but that one didn't. Luck of the draw
@@evanaustin2636 very interesting, both the DRO’s in the shop right now are Sino brand. One is at least 20 years old and has never been turned off. The other is almost as old. Both work fine. I did have to change the encoder for the lathe cross slide last year as it stopped working. Was able to get exact replacement parts from local dealer. I know there are less expensive brands, but certain things I like the Brand name.
Good one . I am just in the middle of fitting a dro to my Bridgeport , long overdue ! 👍
Very nice work mister. Good idea. Very true that small victories helps your day improve. He he.
Totally understand the struggle. My Abene mill is all curves and hardly has any flat spots on it for mag base indicators. Putting a DRO on it is on the "to do" list.
Neat! Very useful tool for old school accuracy. 👍
Couple hundred bucks on ebay and you can get a chinese DRO kit. Someone with your skills could install it in a day. I've done a couple on a couple mills and a couple on a couple lathes and they absolutely transform the functionality of the machine. One day of work and a couple hundred bucks and you don't have to fuss with indicators like this ever again on that machine.
That’s likely true. But for what I use the big mill for right now I’m not going to bother. The larger of the two lathes doesn’t have a DRO on it, and I don’t miss it. All depends on the type of work that ends up on the machine. I couldn’t live without the DRO on the identifies as a Bridgeport mill. Doing things the old way keeps the mind sharp, builds character or something…….thanks for watching and commenting.
The shop I work for bought one of those to try it out, when they got it installed and checked it against a standard the DRO read .040" off in 6 inches. I'm sure some of them work ok but that one didn't. Luck of the draw
@@evanaustin2636 very interesting, both the DRO’s in the shop right now are Sino brand. One is at least 20 years old and has never been turned off. The other is almost as old. Both work fine. I did have to change the encoder for the lathe cross slide last year as it stopped working. Was able to get exact replacement parts from local dealer. I know there are less expensive brands, but certain things I like the Brand name.
Benno - You obviously had to index the socket . You're holding out on us . I'm upset - I wanted to see the indexing .
You are a Bad Boy . --- Jim
@@TangentJim haha, good catch. Yes, I’m waiting to show all about the socket. I’ll make a video about that soon hopefully.
@@OgiveBC - I don't want to hear " Hopefully " - I want for sure . -- Jim