Your video was just what I was looking for. After many attempts I finally found your video when I searched "installing DRO on Jet JMD-18 mill". Too bad UA-cam does it's best push more popular unrelated videos at me. Watching someone install a DRO on a Bridgeport was getting old!
A bit late now, but F.Y.I. it is not difficult to modify the collars to be zero-able. I did mine some time ago, and battled on with it, but the DRO is the way to go. I just ordered mine 🙂 Nice job on yours.
Buying the DRO now (may or may not have been authorized bu there wife! LOL). My brother printed the part for me and shipping! I'll keep you posted but your video in invaluable. I will have to make a different Z bracket because mine is different. AWESOME VIDEO! Thank you!
Thank you for your video. I have a dro on order and have been dreading the mounting of it. Everyone with this mill seems to come up with their own complicated way of mounting the y and z axis. I never considered 3d printing.
I have a newer similar design mill . I have just bought a DRO . I tried fitting the Z axis by mounting the sensor on the side of the column and fixing the long part on a bracket from the bottom of the adjuster plate , the sensor suffered from vibration when the mill was running. I have removed it but might make up something like you have used. Thanks for your video
I notice the Z will flutter while the spindle is running, there is quite a lot of flex and rotations in relation to the head and the spindle quill. It's something I have yet to see if I can adjust out of the mill. So any DRO slide is going to have issues with the mill.
Hi Ed. I got the DRO and the 3D printed parts from my brother, put it all together, and it works AMAZING! It went together like butter!! My Z is different so I had to make my own solution but I used some of that aluminum angle iron that came. Even when I clamp down on the Z it doesn't see to move at all. I tried posting a photo link here in the description but it I get your email I can send you some pics. Also, can I send you a small thank you $ for the plans? Really, I know you put a LOT of time into this, especially the 3D plans so it was a great help to me. Please let me know. The Id of Ed is great!! :-)
Thanks for letting me know how well your project came out. If you want to post photos consider posting them as a makes example on the thingiverse site. Showing your build example of my project would be a very nice thank you for me. Its a nice way to share the results.
Did you just use PLA for making the 3d printed stuff? I'm having a hell of a time trying to get them to print in ABS/ASA. Haven't tried petg but I would probably rather not have the flex that petg has. However, pla is not as strong as I'd like.
I just use PLA for all my stuff. It's more than strong enough for this project. It simply has to support the sensors. Adding more layers, more infill and slower speeds helps in rigidity.
Hi again, Ed! So, I ordered the DRO from Amazon and the seller replied asking me to confirm the correct size. I guess people order the wrong size and exchanges are costly. Can you confirm you bought the 150mm x 300mm x 600mm unit? Thank you!
That's what I got in metric 150, 300 & 600mm. Rough equivalent in inch is 6" 12" and 24”. They also had asked me the same double check question. Looks to be just a thing they do. Looking at the Amazon site it’s the the smallest of the order type. That’s all referring to the total motion capability of the units. The actual distances to the mount points are longer and is accounted for in the CAD design and how units mount to the mill. All this assumes you have a similar milling machine.
Thank you so much for making this! Also appreciate that you attached the thingiverse links as well! Just got an rf-30 (harbor freight clone). It currently has the cheapo battery operated dro. Using it mostly for drilling bowling balls so those DROS are probably good enough. However, I'm ocd and would rather have a better quality dro. How is the printed parts holding up? I was thinking I could always just mill some aluminum to replace plastic if needed.
Your video was just what I was looking for. After many attempts I finally found your video when I searched "installing DRO on Jet JMD-18 mill". Too bad UA-cam does it's best push more popular unrelated videos at me. Watching someone install a DRO on a Bridgeport was getting old!
Man I am investing in this now. Thank you very much!!
Just found your channel and subscribed. Very nice work
A bit late now, but F.Y.I. it is not difficult to modify the collars to be zero-able. I did mine some time ago, and battled on with it, but the DRO is the way to go. I just ordered mine 🙂 Nice job on yours.
I've been looking for a way to fix that issue in my mill. Any resource you can point to?
Which issue, DRO or zero-able collars?@@timc7317
Buying the DRO now (may or may not have been authorized bu there wife! LOL). My brother printed the part for me and shipping! I'll keep you posted but your video in invaluable. I will have to make a different Z bracket because mine is different. AWESOME VIDEO! Thank you!
Cool, looking forward to hearing how it goes. Nice to see other folks get some use of the design.
Thank you for your video. I have a dro on order and have been dreading the mounting of it. Everyone with this mill seems to come up with their own complicated way of mounting the y and z axis. I never considered 3d printing.
I have a newer similar design mill . I have just bought a DRO . I tried fitting the Z axis by mounting the sensor on the side of the column and fixing the long part on a bracket from the bottom of the adjuster plate , the sensor suffered from vibration when the mill was running. I have removed it but might make up something like you have used. Thanks for your video
I notice the Z will flutter while the spindle is running, there is quite a lot of flex and rotations in relation to the head and the spindle quill. It's something I have yet to see if I can adjust out of the mill. So any DRO slide is going to have issues with the mill.
Hi Ed. I got the DRO and the 3D printed parts from my brother, put it all together, and it works AMAZING! It went together like butter!! My Z is different so I had to make my own solution but I used some of that aluminum angle iron that came. Even when I clamp down on the Z it doesn't see to move at all. I tried posting a photo link here in the description but it I get your email I can send you some pics. Also, can I send you a small thank you $ for the plans? Really, I know you put a LOT of time into this, especially the 3D plans so it was a great help to me. Please let me know. The Id of Ed is great!! :-)
Thanks for letting me know how well your project came out. If you want to post photos consider posting them as a makes example on the thingiverse site. Showing your build example of my project would be a very nice thank you for me. Its a nice way to share the results.
Would you consider selling the kit?
Did you just use PLA for making the 3d printed stuff? I'm having a hell of a time trying to get them to print in ABS/ASA. Haven't tried petg but I would probably rather not have the flex that petg has. However, pla is not as strong as I'd like.
I just use PLA for all my stuff. It's more than strong enough for this project. It simply has to support the sensors. Adding more layers, more infill and slower speeds helps in rigidity.
Hi again, Ed! So, I ordered the DRO from Amazon and the seller replied asking me to confirm the correct size. I guess people order the wrong size and exchanges are costly. Can you confirm you bought the 150mm x 300mm x 600mm unit? Thank you!
That's what I got in metric 150, 300 & 600mm. Rough equivalent in inch is 6" 12" and 24”. They also had asked me the same double check question. Looks to be just a thing they do. Looking at the Amazon site it’s the the smallest of the order type. That’s all referring to the total motion capability of the units. The actual distances to the mount points are longer and is accounted for in the CAD design and how units mount to the mill. All this assumes you have a similar milling machine.
@@TheIDofED awesome. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for making this! Also appreciate that you attached the thingiverse links as well! Just got an rf-30 (harbor freight clone). It currently has the cheapo battery operated dro. Using it mostly for drilling bowling balls so those DROS are probably good enough. However, I'm ocd and would rather have a better quality dro. How is the printed parts holding up? I was thinking I could always just mill some aluminum to replace plastic if needed.
Thanks, Nice to see some folks could use the design. The DRO setup is doing fine