I have been trying to put a DRO on one of my lathe and mill but the glass scale was to big. I had busted the Y axis belt on my CNC build and had to get a new one. With the busted belt and a rotary encoder I had ordered 10 or 12 year ago for something and never used it. Here is the DRO build for the mill
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Here is the DRO lathe build![]()
Drilled 2 holes in the lower part of the cross slide and 1 hole in the upper part
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I marked were I drilled the hole in the upper slide and lined it up with the access hole moved the belt clamp in line of the access hole too
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it takes only 3 screws to put it on
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this a hard drive head bearing
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I milled belt block out and used a slitting saw in the mill using the new DRO i made for the mill
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DRO
Build in 'OTHER BUILDS/PROJECTS' published by Kelly Horn, Feb 7, 2021.
Belt drive linear scale for Mill and Lathe
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- Build Complete!
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Build Author Kelly Horn, Find all builds by Kelly Horn
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Build Details
- Build License:
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- CC - Attribution - CC BY
Reason for this Build
I needed Z axis DRO for the mill and a DRO for the Lathe