How To Make A Digital Tailstock Readout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ywl2MspA_o


I decided to build a DRO for my Colchester Bantam tailstock, I was tired of marking the drill bit with a sharpie every time; apart from the precision, the coolant eliminated the mark at the second hole.I bought a digital caliper and cut the measuring parts, it was very difficult to drill it because it is hardened steel and its hardness is 51 HRC, I could only drill it with a carbide end-mill. Drilling a 51 HRC steel was really a feat, I didn't think it was that difficult and as always, if that phase of the project didn't succeed, I wouldn't be able to finish the video!!Hope you like my DRO, Alberto

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Thanks AB-SHOP! We've added your Tailstock DRO to our Digital Readouts category,
as well as to your builder page: AB-SHOP's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-tailstock-dro-7"> <img src="/uploads/257396/homemade-tailstock-dro-7.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-tailstock-dro-7">Tailstock DRO</a> <span> by <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/builder/AB-SHOP">AB-SHOP</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='https://www.homemadetools.net/tag/dro'>DRO</a>, <a href='https://www.homemadetools.net/tag/tailstock'>tailstock</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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