Drill Press DRO

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Good job PJs and thanks for the tip about the screws. That must have really thrown you for a loop to have the caliper quit on you. I also have experienced the intense head scratch of how to adapt existing materials into the desired end. I put a dro on my mill drill but had a stop mechanism to attach to unlike your drill setup.

There are so many novel ideas out there for modding HFTs. One of the best ones I got was putting this circular LED light array that's usually put on cars called "angel eye" running lights on the quill of the mill drill. I think it's like 30 LEDS and runs on a little 12v power wall wart encircling the quill. Nice and bright, nothing to look around and best of all no shadows! I think the lite and power pack were somewhere around $30.