Re: glass scales for atlas 12" lathe #3986
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I've thought about a DRO on my 12x36 and on my South Bend 9A. Where I really want one is on my South Bend 16 but there is one small, maybe not so small issue.? The bed length is 144"? with 120" of carriage travel.? I imagine a glass scale for that lathe is going to cost out the wazoo.
James
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 6:45 PM Dave Matticks < dpm100@...> wrote: X axis is cross slide, Z is carriage.? Atlas cross slides don't give much room for a side mounted scale.? Dave?
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-------- Original message -------- Date: 2/14/19 16:41 (GMT-06:00) Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] glass scales for atlas 12" lathe #3986
??? ??? ??? google " 50.5 inches to mm" there's a cazillion
conversions online
??? ??? animal
On 2/14/2019 2:27 PM, Eric Chilton via
Groups.Io wrote:
hi im in a position where i can purchase a 2 axes dro for my
lathe..........its on ebay for less than 200.00.....the person
selling it has good feedback so im not worried about that......i
just need to know what length of scales i need for the bed and the
cross slide ......they are listed in mm and im not sure how long i
should get ......i measured the cross slide its 10" long and the
bed roughly is 50 1/2 ...i know i wouldn't need them all the way
end to end....im also considering if i want to put a taper
attachment on my lathe if that would cause a problem ? the x axes
im assuming is the travel down the bed length ways and the cross
slide being x .....on the cross slide whether to mount it to the
front or to the rear of the cross slide .....any help with this
would be much appreciated .............tia ............Eric
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