How blessed we are to live in a time when such extraordinarily accurate & useful technology is available at such affordable prices. Thank you for sharing!
Anyone who has a small benchtop mill and hasn't experienced the joy of a DRO has not lived. I have a Berardi Italian made bench top jig borer/mill and have just fitted the DRO, bought on EBAY similar to the BANGGOOD one. It took approx one week of a couple of hours a day to fit with making custom made brackets and fixings etc.......being ultra careful I dialed all the scale casings with a dial indicator to get the alignment within a few thou overall just in case any misalignment caused strife. Being my first experience using a DRO I didn't want to get a failure from slack workmanship or have to re-drill holes again. A bonus is that the mill has Imperial dials on the 3 axes but now I get to 5 Micron accuracy with all metric readouts......Imperial is for the birds.
myfordboy: Don't let anybody, Ever, make fun of your little mill. My mill consists of a drill press and a precession of various files. I'm jealous. your going to get fancy now. 👍😃
That's a very nice mill. The only thing to make it better would be a movable spindle quill. The DRO's seem to work well also. When you are going out 5 decimal places Imp., it's stands to reason that the display is going to "float" around. That's 50 millionths of 1 inch. Any vibration is going to disturb the table location at that resolution.
That’s wicked cheap. Why would ya ever go without with prices like that. I’m gonna do the same thing. Move my 2axis to the lathe and put that 3 on my mill.
I did not have the slide locked in this demo which was causing a bit of table movement. If the digits flash when the motor runs, enable " Grinder vibration removing" page 15 in the instructions. ( press Pi 5 times to turn on or off)
Mine displays version 3.02 on power up. Did you try pressing Pi 5 times? I was getting a bit of drift on my Y axis but have now added a web to the bracket which has cured this.
I've drilled and tapped holes in my Marlow & Tom Senior to bolt trays to hold collets etc. Makes commonly used items at hand, instead of searching in drawers. I would add photos if possible.
Hi, i have a myford super7 longbed and an identical raglan mill like yours, and i am looking for a dro for the mill, and until i saw your video i couldnt work out how to fit a dro to the y axis, you have done it a clever way.The z axis on my raglan is very stiff and in your video yours looks very easy, any help would be appreciated please.
I have changed my DRO readout to this one with LCGD screen. highly recommended.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F67Sharvc_g.html First thing to look at on you Z is the gib strips are not too tight. If oK it could be the gears lifing parts.
i guess at that price you can't argue but it seems to be very sensitive or there might be play in the mill which is unlikely. would have been good to see how it compared with the readings from the previous unit or to see how you will improve on those drifting values since your videos are always amazing to watch.
Can i just say and i guess everyone has there own way of working but as a Fact WD-40 does not keep the tap cool nor does it lubricate it well you need tap grease especially delicate work like tapping into a mill but thats my opinion i guess if you happy to keep wasting taps its everyone own choice but keep it sharp and smart besides tap cutting compound i suggest the 100% aussie VAGINAMITE is just as good as the cutting compound just a heads up the best shit is vegimite if you going to use anything and everything just a suggestion
Hey there, another great video from you, thanks a lot. I am thinking at fitting this same 3-axis DRO kit to my milling machine too. Can you please give your feedback about the quality of this kit (precision, ease of use, time needed to fit it, how hard to install, and the cost). Thanks very much in advance. I can't get enough of your videos! Cheers
The quality is good. The instructions are easy to follow. See the links in the description below for the price. I need to strengthen my Y bracket as there is a bit of flex . Time to fit will depend on the machine and your skill.
@@myfordboy Thanks a lot for your answer. I guess you will make a video with your opinion with that new DRO upgrade after hours of machining. Have fun!
@@myfordboy I've tried and the sellers keep sending me oversized lengths. I followed a RU-vid video that shows how to cut them and that's about it. I have a Sieg SX2LF mini milling machine at it is too small for these scales. But, because I found a way to cut them short, right now I am modifying the table scale and, it just fits after cutting it, lucky. I had to remove the table to drill the 2 holes vertically, then thread the holes and hopefully the scale will be installed in a professional way. The next one will be the Y axis scale. I will make a video also, but it isn't a video itself, it's just pictures on how to install the scales on this machine.
I have a Super 7 with a DRO but no scales. Are those you removed suitable and would you consider selling those 2 axle scales? My DRO is a SiNO SDS2. Thanks
Most items escape custom duty, even large stuff like 3 D printers. Banggood always put a lower value on the custom declaration. The odd item gets a charge, it seems pot luck. I would say 95% escape charges.
@@myfordboy I ordered a go pro (look a like) from China it came with a PO notice that I owed £34.75 and could collect it and pay at the post office if I didn't collect it within 30 Days t would be returned to the sender. I emailed the sender and said I would not claim it and they would return it to them. I got a reply about one hour later saying they had paid £34.75 into my account so I could go and claim it. Not bad service and it's brilliant just as good as the go pro.
can someone tell me the actual travel leinght, on banggood say that travel is 141mm shorter than actual leingt, but the sensor is only 80mm long, so let's say 300mm long rail got only 159mm measuring travel, i don't bealive that, if i got 300mm rail and 80mm long sensor than actual measure leinght is 220mm am i right, please tell me before order.
I checked mine for you. A 300mm rail has a 300mm long extrusion and the fittings on the end are 17.5 mm long making it 335mm overall. The sensor is 80mm long and the total travel is 220 mm.
@@myfordboy thanks man for that fast anser, that is exactly as i think so, one more clear picture on banggood will be good. I already order them from bg for a review. Thanks again, Subbed, welcome back
A Google search with "porosity in aluminum castings" turns up a few different reasons. Since your the one that knows everything that is and isn't being done, then only you could go through the information and decide what the most likely cause is for your situation.
I would say your feeding channels are not properly sized, that your alloy flow is too turbulent (use ceramic filters for a more laminar flow) and cooling down too quickly ( flame up your sand in your sandbox before pouring) or that you over heated your alloy (causing bubbles) and pouring temp to high. May be your degassing was not complete before pouring. Hope that helps, I experienced the same issues long time ago on my first attempts.
@@evincoughlan6508 You're welcome, good luck! Make sure you pour from the side of the part to be cast, not from straight on top (just in case, although I guess you already know). Cheers!
@@myfordboy i just tried to order and the page only let's you pick one scale length. Am I doing something wrong? Or do they contact you for the other two?
@@myfordboy ok. just tried. It comes up again where you can only select only one scale. I tried both 2 and 3 axis. I'd have loved to buy it but I can't afford to buy 2 other scales separately. Maybe banggood is not such a good deal? So I'm going to assume that it's not available with 3 scales in the U.S.. Maybe they dont want to pay the higher tariffs ? Anyways, thanks for trying. I appreciate it. And I love the casting videos.