Hi gang,
Inspired by the discussion on here a little while back I finally got around to having another go at mounting an indicator on my milling column.
My column is home made so I had no qualms about drilling and tapping the end M5 (on a bigger lathe). On top of this I attach a piece of 5/16 bar also drilled and tapped with a length of M5 studding in between.
The block is from 1/2 in square steel with M4 Allen screws for clamping. Finally the horizontal bar is from 3/8 steel with the ends turned down and one end threaded M6 to attach through the bracket on the back of the indicator body?
I took it for a test drive cleaning up a sawn aluminium offcut for further use. After a few niggles with loose bits it worked really well... better than I had expected. I ended up with a 10mm cutter taking 3 thou cuts. Unusually for a milling job I actually enjoyed it.
Photos attached... I hope?
Regards, Andy
