Hello all,
not that much to say at the moment as I'm waiting for materials.
So I've been drawing the mounting plate for the reading head on the Z axis. This is where it will fit, It looks like the scale is out but it's just parallax? error the scale is within one or two Thou over 12".
Measuring for the plate it's going to be 3" high and 23/4" wide by 1/4" thick. I'm going to have to remove 5/32" from most of the bottom to account for the step for the ring.
You can see where the step is on the top of the mounting ring. the clamps in place to see where the cover for the scale will fit.
The cover clamped in place.
As luck has it there are two M5 holes that just need a tap running through them and I can use them to mark the centres of the M4 holes for the fixing screws.
After turning the big aluminium job I decided to get some tips that are for aluminium and non-ferrous metals. These cut the shim tubes absolutely brilliantly.
After all the testing for the cover for the Z scale I'm not going to fit it. Just for a bit of fun. Why?
ATB
OzzyO.