lazer pointers for mill alignment

[ian weeks 1Participant @ianweeks1]

dear All, I seem to remember reading an article on using Lazer pointers to align milling machine heads I have found the one in mew no79 but this is not the one I remember as it uses a lazer from maplin whilst I seem to remember one using a cheap hand held pointer and modifying the hole -is my memory playing tricks thanks Ian

[ian weeks 1Participant @ianweeks1]

[keithmartParticipant @keithmart]

Hi

 

Often you can buy a laser level from a pound shop. This attached to the side of the mill column and aligned to a mark on the ceiling provides an accurate aligning point for the mill head.

 

As a by product it shows the stability of the mill when running

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

There was a bit in ME a few years ago,i shoul try one myself as they are only about NZ$2 here,less than £1,can’t remember the date of the artical but I think it was post 2000.The one in ME fitted in the chuck and used for centering.IAN S.C.

[ian weeks 1Participant @ianweeks1]

Thanks for the information -this all came about when I was tidting the work shop and found a laser pointer I had started to modify and neverr finished -always the case- will now try and finish the job-ian

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