Tailstock DRO for Colchester 1800

A few years ago I made a tailstock DRO using some scrap material and a cheap digital scale. The scale filled with oil and metal dust and I just swapped it for a new one. I took the opportunity to post a video about the accessory, and I checked the linearity this time. It's within spec for the cheap scale, and linear to about 0.03 mm. Good enough for drilling holes to a consistent depth anyway. Usual not-too-serious approach with some background about why I need a scale. Skip to 2:00 if you don't need to know why a Lincoln Darts Board has no trebles ring and is kept submerged in a barrel of murky water and why I was recruited, then fired, as the Darts team scorer in the best Irish pub in town when I was 15 years old.

The original idea came from ChrisB257 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlQf... so thanks very much for the idea Chris!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2hkX6l1OJ0

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Thanks neilg4dbn! We've added your Tailstock DRO to our Digital Readouts category,
as well as to your builder page: neilg4dbn'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-6"> <img src="/uploads/253433/homemade-tailstock-dro-6.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-6">Tailstock DRO</a> <span> by <a href="https://www.homemadetools.net/builder/neilg4dbn">neilg4dbn</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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