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DRO for Tom Senior M1 mill

This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 22 November 2011 at 21:23 by NJH.

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14 November 2011 at 16:51 #77833
The Merry Miller
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Evening all, (knees bend and all that)

Has anyone fitted the “Igaging” DRO’s to the above milling machine.

I would be interested to read their comments and what problems they had if at all possible.

Igaging stuff is available from “Intelligent Workshop Tools”

Len. P.
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14 November 2011 at 16:51 #21961
The Merry Miller
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22 November 2011 at 20:44 #78357
The Merry Miller
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Well, no response to that one.

Let’s try this one!

Has anybody out there fitted a DRO of any kind to the above mill?

I would be very interested to hear people’s comments and recommendations or otherwise about systems they have installed.

Len. P.
22 November 2011 at 21:04 #78359
Sub Mandrel
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Sorry no to both questions, but just so you don’t feel ignored there was a picture of a young Tom Senior himself in an ME of about 1940. He had a remarkably modern haircut and was a pretty sharp businessman by all acounts, as well as insisting on quality.

I reckon if he was alive today he would have been running an IT company!

Neil
22 November 2011 at 21:08 #78361
Ian P
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Len

I cannot offer any direct info but I too am considering fitting igaging DROs to my mill (not a Tom Senior).

These scales work on the same principle as cheap Chinese calipers and as such ‘can’ suffer from swarf ingress and of coarse limited resolution . The big advantage with having a separate display is that the scale can be sited out of harms way.

I hacked two 6″ calipers and fitted them to a small mill last year, they transformed the use of the machine but having to mount them so the display was readable meant they required frequent dismantling to clean them. I don’t think the same would apply to a remote display setup.

One question that might be worth asking of igaging relates to ‘auto power off’ and whether the last reading is stored when off.

The calipers I used switched off the display after 10 minutes or so. When I switched the caliper back on the display showed the value it had when it turned off. If I went away from a job for a cup of tea I knew I could just carry on from where I left off. The new calipers I have also switch themselves off, BUT, they always initialise to zero. I don’t know whether the igaging scales have auto off but it would be worth asking before you buy.

Ian Phillips

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22 November 2011 at 21:23 #78364
NJH
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Hi Len

These scales/displays look very like the ones I purchased from Warco for my mill . I can confirm that mine hold their display when switched off ( even over extended periods) . I have fixed the scale to the rear of my mill table and it is protected by a piece of right angle section aluminium along its length. Seems to work well.

Regards

Norman

Edited By NJH on 22/11/2011 21:23:55
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