Very slick. I like it. I'll be making one for myself. Magnets are sometimes a curse around the lathe. They collect everything the lathe throws off when machining steel. Oh well. I can live with that.
Just finished fitting a DRO on my mill and this is an idea I think I can use for my lathe........it's so simple to mount and not at all vulnerable to being wiped off the bed with an over run......love the magnet attaching idea.....I think that fixing method has a lot more practicality than permanently fixing it to some part of a lathe as you can put it on or off as needed and sometimes you won't need it so it won't get damaged by being in the way etc........wow, who needs a dial engraved in thous or mm when you can have microns.
Una idea genial mi amigo. Yo pegaba el calibre con una escuadra magnética en ocasiones. Lo malo fue que se inmanto el calibre. Nunca se me ocurrió algo así. Muy agradecido que lo halla compartido.
I like this idea expecially with the magnets so if (when) you forget it just pushes out of the way and the large digital scale. I'm going to make one it will do all I need for what I do on the lathe. Thanks Randy it won't cost a lot either.
Randy Richard In The Shop, maybe you could make a small piece that matches the profile of the beds ways and some how mount that to the tail stock. That way you could use the same indicator for both.
Same here Peter, need a tailstock version. The tailstock quill hand wheel on my manual lathe has a graduated dial, but that nice big display oriented properly with line of sight rather than sideways viewing of my graduated dial, would be sweet. I think I will wait for Randy to design the tailstock version for us, hahaha, no need for US to reinvent the wheel, when we have Randy working for us. : )
I was trying to understand the connection but then you placed it on the right end. Up til that moment it was looking upside down even to a down under boy like me. Great design and handy placement! Thank you for sharing
Hi Randy, Nicely adapted tool to your needs, can even double as a chip pan cleaner with all those magnets, as long as you only work magnetic materials... lol Those magnets are "Strong".... One friend of mine who is in computers gives me defective disk drives and I get a good supply of those oddly shaped but powerful magnets... ;) Cheers, Pierre
Nicely done Randy and success for sure! Another perfect Randy Richard in the Shop useful tool plus a bonus writing surface included! I like it! Cheers, Ray
Damn, I like this idea Randy. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to make me one. I'm working on building a mini/small 4-cycle engine from scratch right now. There are lots of little parts I could have used this very thing.
Great idea Randy, beats having to set a 1" indicator and move an inch at a time. It looks like the tail stock clears it in the video? If you want to share the files, I've used google drive for a while and it works well plus it's free. You can just post the link and set the access as you desire for the files or even a folder.
A very nice project Randy. I think most all of those digital scales are built with a 1/100th mm measuring pitch, or 1/254th of an inch, as the basic resolution. So half a thousandth is a bit of a guess. Even the thousandths indication probably wanders a little bit from reality. It would be interesting to stick the magnet on the end of that scale to the anvil of a micrometer and see how the scale compares to various settings on an analog micrometer dial.
Hi Randy, excellent idea but you might find it annoying when, or if, you bump the block accidentally and it ruins your zero. Perhaps a more rigid fixing will be on the menu sometime in the future? Generally speaking, magnets on a lathe are not always a good idea if you are turning steel, but I still like the break away scale to carriage feature. ATB c
Very cool project! I was a little afraid that the magnets would screw with the electronics (I've had calipers go a little haywire when I get them near magnets) but it seems to work perfectly. Nice!
Like the idea Randy. Plenty of hogging out to do there but useful to have that chunk to use. Super result - love it. May have to try something along those lines :) Just wondering though, and may have missed it - the two fixing screws under the body - how do they secure the display?
Would machining this from cast iron make it more rigid and use a thumb screw vs some magnets? I want to make a pair of them. Thinking I’ll try your method and use the aluminum. I was just wondering if the Iron versions would be a little more robust and secured. In the event you run up to it a little too hard. But then again it would need to be held tighter via the thumb screw. ? Just thinking out loud I guess.. always enjoy your content sir. 🍻
I like the Alu and the magnets are very strong. The magnets allow you crash it and not damage anything. I even 3d printed one and that worked great also. make it fit your lathe real nice and you will not have any issues. I still use this one today, works awesome. Thank you Jason for your idea.
You had a good idea.No modifications on the lathe, easy to use.
Works great, I use it every day.
Very slick. I like it. I'll be making one for myself. Magnets are sometimes a curse around the lathe. They collect everything the lathe throws off when machining steel. Oh well. I can live with that.
Very clever carriage indicator.
The magnets make it instant-mount, AND safe! 👍
Works great I use it almost everyday. Thank you.
Just finished fitting a DRO on my mill and this is an idea I think I can use for my lathe........it's so simple to mount and not at all vulnerable to being wiped off the bed with an over run......love the magnet attaching idea.....I think that fixing method has a lot more practicality than permanently fixing it to some part of a lathe as you can put it on or off as needed and sometimes you won't need it so it won't get damaged by being in the way etc........wow, who needs a dial engraved in thous or mm when you can have microns.
This setup works great.
Thanks for the tip on clamping the magnets in with plexi glass
Una idea genial mi amigo. Yo pegaba el calibre con una escuadra magnética en ocasiones. Lo malo fue que se inmanto el calibre. Nunca se me ocurrió algo así. Muy agradecido que lo halla compartido.
Works great, I use it everyday. Thank you.
Cool a mechanical DRO you don't have to wire in for the carriage now come up one for the cross slide & compound pretty cool good job
Randy, you got a winner with your cleaver design using magnets and the large writing surface. Great job.
Thank you Paul works great.
I love the soundless intro, much better then all those with sound! dude, that is awesome
Something a bit different. Thanks
lol I dug the free music (-8
I like that one! A poor man’s DRO for smaller range precision measuring. Good job! 🥸👍✅
Works awesome, use it almost every day. Thanks.
Hi Randy, what a sweet piece of kit, I always pick up a new piece of knowledge from you channel, many thanks for sharing. Kindest regards. Joe.
I like this idea expecially with the magnets so if (when) you forget it just pushes out of the way and the large digital scale.
I'm going to make one it will do all I need for what I do on the lathe. Thanks Randy it won't cost a lot either.
I use this everytime I use my lathe, Great tool. Thanks.
Randy, You should make the same thing for the tailstock quill. I often wanted something on the tailstock to measure how deep I am drilling.
I think I am going to do that next. This unit is just made to be versatile. Thank you Peter.
Randy Richard In The Shop, maybe you could make a small piece that matches the profile of the beds ways and some how mount that to the tail stock. That way you could use the same indicator for both.
Same here Peter, need a tailstock version. The tailstock quill hand wheel on my manual lathe has a graduated dial, but that nice big display oriented properly with line of sight rather than sideways viewing of my graduated dial, would be sweet. I think I will wait for Randy to design the tailstock version for us, hahaha, no need for US to reinvent the wheel, when we have Randy working for us. : )
genius design, got to make one myself
Nice! I saw yours up close and personal and now will make one. A little paste wax or shoe polish on the plexiglass and the epoxy cannot stick at all.
I the description is a link to the digital scale. Thanks Ken for stopping by.
look at you with all your fancy tools Mr. Richards!
Thank you Matt.
Cool idea Randy!
I was trying to understand the connection but then you placed it on the right end. Up til that moment it was looking upside down even to a down under boy like me. Great design and handy placement! Thank you for sharing
I will totaly copy that design for my shaper :)
Thanks for sharing, Randy!
Thank you Stefan, Even with it being magnetic it is not a big deal.
I like this a lot. How about one for the compound that does trig?
Hi Randy,
Nicely adapted tool to your needs, can even double as a chip pan cleaner with all those magnets, as long as you only work magnetic materials... lol
Those magnets are "Strong".... One friend of mine who is in computers gives me defective disk drives and I get a good supply of those oddly shaped but powerful magnets... ;)
Cheers, Pierre
Outstanding design and just what I have been thinking of making. I look forward to any drawings you might be offering!
Randy, first off this was a fantastic project. Well done my friend. Second, glad the end mills are working for you.
The mills have performed perfect. Thank you Dennis.
A poor man's DRO. Good Idea, cool design
I’m catching up on some reruns!
Nice, Thank you Jon. This is one of the best accessories you can make for the lathe, I use mine every day.
Nice version of the mounting method. Thanks!
Very elegant. Great job.
Great project. Very clever again.
Works great, I use it all the time. Thanks Norman.
Cool project Randy
Nice addition Randy! I admit I am hooked on using the DRO on my lathe, man it makes jobs a lot faster.
Nice project Randy, well done!
Going to do this for my mighty Atlas 6". Could probably do the same for the tailstock depth.
These are both great, I use them almost everyday. Thanks Robert.
very elegant solution
now that's cool randy,i like it, very smart and a handy tool to have.. thanks for sharing.. your a master there mate
Nicely done Randy and success for sure! Another perfect Randy Richard in the Shop useful tool plus a bonus writing surface included! I like it!
Cheers,
Ray
Thanks Ray for stopping by the shop.
good job as all in all your jobs a must have for a lathe
That is the iGaging 35-780 -- for those looking for a model number
Great measuring tool; cool video, nicely done. I like the writing surface. In my age bracket (just turned 70) I need all the memory I can get.
Same here Jim. I almost milled it off, but then I said no, enough room to write on. Thanks Jim stay warm.
Very clever idea Randy..... have to figure out how to use it in my shop
another well thought out design Randy, nice big display good job
The display is one of the best parts. Thanks Brian.
Yep, as I've gotten old enough to start needing to wear glasses I've started using digital calipers some for the bigger numbers....LOL
Great project Randy! I have got to get me one of those roughing end mills, the metal removal rate is fantastic.
Very nice project Randy. I especially need something to write on with my CRS. Keep the great videos coming!
Thanks Mike.
Great idea/build....curious does the magnetism transfer to the exterior of the mounting block where swarf will attach? I think not, but was wondering?
what a great idea Randy keep up the great work and thank you , really enjoy your channel.
Damn, I like this idea Randy. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to make me one. I'm working on building a mini/small 4-cycle engine from scratch right now. There are lots of little parts I could have used this very thing.
Very cool solution.
Randy, that is a great idea. Robust and simple, well other than laying it out. Nice work.
excellent idea, many thanks richard
Excellent design concept, love it, well done
That's a great idea Randy, poor mans DRO. Just not so sure about having all those magnets around to attract chips.
Great idea Randy, beats having to set a 1" indicator and move an inch at a time. It looks like the tail stock clears it in the video? If you want to share the files, I've used google drive for a while and it works well plus it's free. You can just post the link and set the access as you desire for the files or even a folder.
Very Clever Randy! Great Project.
very ingenious , thanks for sharing
great idea RR, thank you for sharing.
I missed this one somehow. I'll have to make one of these. Thanks for the great idea!
Works great and is easy to set and remove.
Nice project Randy, good content.
Thank you Scott.
Hope you get a patent on that before we see those selling on the internet for several $! Good job thinking out side the "Lathe"!
No patent. I use this everyday on the lathe. Great tool. Thanks.
Genius at work. I like it! Congrats on a nice job in making a useful tool.
Thank you. Works great.
A very nice project Randy.
I think most all of those digital scales are built with a 1/100th mm measuring pitch, or 1/254th of an inch, as the basic resolution. So half a thousandth is a bit of a guess. Even the thousandths indication probably wanders a little bit from reality. It would be interesting to stick the magnet on the end of that scale to the anvil of a micrometer and see how the scale compares to various settings on an analog micrometer dial.
I will have to do a compare. I was thinking of doing that just to see. Thanks for bringing that up.
Great idea!
Hi Randy, excellent idea but you might find it annoying when, or if, you bump the block accidentally and it ruins your zero. Perhaps a more rigid fixing will be on the menu sometime in the future? Generally speaking, magnets on a lathe are not always a good idea if you are turning steel, but I still like the break away scale to carriage feature.
ATB
c
Another super project done well. You nailed it!
-- Cheers, Gary
Thanks Gary
Nice machining on the mount for the ways. Nice design overall.
Thanks Ryan. It all works good enough for me.
great idea for my quill
Very cool project! I was a little afraid that the magnets would screw with the electronics (I've had calipers go a little haywire when I get them near magnets) but it seems to work perfectly. Nice!
Saw it on facebook, awesome idea Randy.
Great project. I gotta make me one.
Like the idea Randy. Plenty of hogging out to do there but useful to have that chunk to use.
Super result - love it. May have to try something along those lines :)
Just wondering though, and may have missed it - the two fixing screws under the body - how do they secure the display?
Excellent design Randy!
ATB, Robin
Came out great and works even better. Sometimes you just get lucky.
EPIC AWESOME Randy !! Thumbs up man..
randy nice work.
Great idea! How about one for the cross slide?
👍👍👍👍
nice job and a good design. any concern with the magnet on the carriage picking up chips?
Big like! Will make one too for my Myford. Thanks!
Elegant solution!
Thank you zig. Works wonderfully.
Would love to have something like this on my lathe compound slide!
That's a great little tool.
Nice job, bet you wish you had done that sooner. Off to the scrap aluminum pile!
Oh yeah. It is now a basic feature on the lathe.
love this build... what kind of magnets are at the end of the scales and how are the attached to the scales..
I used neodymium magnets.
@@RRINTHESHOP where did you source those crazy long ones..i've never seen them that long.
They are just stacked up magnets.
@@RRINTHESHOP ha! thank you sir.
Nice job.
Very nice Randy !
I would like to have one too !
Thank Eddy.
excellent idea and design.
Works great Thank you.
How about a thumbs up and a sub. Such a great feeling when it all goes well, right?
Since I do not have a mill that is used in so many conversions, since this is held by magnets I may look at 3D printing the part.
I think a 3d Print would work great. I was going to try that but have not got to it.
Great project, very well done and a very hand tool.
Top design mate:)
Thank you Jason.
Just fantastic! You're a genious! Thanks for sharing! ;)
Very nice, Randy.
Let us know about any plans or info you can share.
Thanks for doing this!
Great idea, Randy. This definitely works for my situation.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you Neil.
Greate idea. Why main block not 3d printed?
Very possible. I wanted it to be more durable. Thanks Pawel.
Need some wipers maybe to keep chips away from magnets ?
Great idea. I think I'll try to make one!
Thanks for watching.
Would machining this from cast iron make it more rigid and use a thumb screw vs some magnets?
I want to make a pair of them. Thinking I’ll try your method and use the aluminum. I was just wondering if the Iron versions would be a little more robust and secured. In the event you run up to it a little too hard. But then again it would need to be held tighter via the thumb screw. ?
Just thinking out loud I guess..
always enjoy your content sir. 🍻
I like the Alu and the magnets are very strong. The magnets allow you crash it and not damage anything. I even 3d printed one and that worked great also. make it fit your lathe real nice and you will not have any issues. I still use this one today, works awesome. Thank you Jason for your idea.
Hope you can change the battery without removing the gauge from the fixture.
Yes you can Ray, slides out the side.
Very nice
That's really slick! Great idea
looks great !! good idea
Thanks Frank.
Sweet
Nice
looks good