You made this upgrade look pretty simple to do. I think I will do something very similar with an old set of calipers I have. A video of how I go about doing this will most likely be done on my channel and a shout out to your channel will most likely be part of it. Thanks for your ideas and for sharing.
@@MachiningwithJoe sure. and specially for desktop lathes... its really enough for what you need, and from what i tested its far more accurate than the analog dials on the rollers :)
Good work. But for m4 i do with a 3.3mm drillbit. For save my taping dies. Am not want teaching but I broke one in hard steel. Cheers good work and take care your fingers wen clean chips if running MASCHINE.
Waste of time. With a carriage DRO. Put a square tool in the holder. Bring the drill up to the workpiece and move the tool bit to touch the end of the chuck. Zero the DRO and move it the depth you want. Then drill in till the chuck I stopped. Simples
This is not as good an idea as it first seems. Modify instead to have a rod where he has the caliper and put a stop on that. Then set the stop for depth of drilling or whatever operation. More repeatable, not trying to sneak up on a number, can watch the work instead of the caliper, just as easy to use, can be set with whatever precision you like, not as température sensitive or moisture corruptible and doesn't need batteries.
Hi Tim Completely understand what your saying and yes for repeatability a stop is always going to be much better. My main reasoning to get this modded onto the tail stock was more for convenience at just being able to take a quick glance to see roughly how far my quill had moved. For any high precision work then I’ll still be using my dial on my hand wheel. All the best
You made this upgrade look pretty simple to do. I think I will do something very similar with an old set of calipers I have. A video of how I go about doing this will most likely be done on my channel and a shout out to your channel will most likely be part of it. Thanks for your ideas and for sharing.
Thanks Glenn yeah it’s a great little upgrade simple but affective. Appreciate the shout out when you get round to it. All the best.
Plan on doing this soon. Thanks for posting
Yeah great little mod Greg you’ll end up using it loads.
did this on my desktop lathe on 2 main work axis + tailstock :) Works like a charm + much cheaper than a real DRO... :)
Yeah it’s a great budget alternative for these small machines.
@@MachiningwithJoe sure. and specially for desktop lathes... its really enough for what you need, and from what i tested its far more accurate than the analog dials on the rollers :)
Good work. But for m4 i do with a 3.3mm drillbit. For save my taping dies. Am not want teaching but I broke one in hard steel. Cheers good work and take care your fingers wen clean chips if running MASCHINE.
Great improvement joe like the idea might have to pinch it for my lathe lol thanks for sharing mate all the best
Cheers dude yeah such a simple but affective improvement hope it helps you out
I love this idea. Off to get a cheap digital caliper...
Thanks Eric,
It’s surprising just how much I use it since doing it and it works great.
7;27 long sleeve = danger
Good spot Noel I’ll have to keep an eye on that jumper. 👍
Waste of time. With a carriage DRO. Put a square tool in the holder. Bring the drill up to the workpiece and move the tool bit to touch the end of the chuck. Zero the DRO and move it the depth you want. Then drill in till the chuck I stopped. Simples
Just wait until he has to retract the quill to remove a drill chuck or live center, and he'll realize what a kluge this is.
This is not as good an idea as it first seems. Modify instead to have a rod where he has the caliper and put a stop on that. Then set the stop for depth of drilling or whatever operation. More repeatable, not trying to sneak up on a number, can watch the work instead of the caliper, just as easy to use, can be set with whatever precision you like, not as température sensitive or moisture corruptible and doesn't need batteries.
Hi Tim
Completely understand what your saying and yes for repeatability a stop is always going to be much better. My main reasoning to get this modded onto the tail stock was more for convenience at just being able to take a quick glance to see roughly how far my quill had moved.
For any high precision work then I’ll still be using my dial on my hand wheel.
All the best