Trav-a-dial mount & chip guard

[Frank S]

Ha,HA, Trav-a-dials on a milling machine. Not in Frank's world thank you very much LOL.
I used to have a Bridgeport 3hp J head 12"x 60" table with a 3 axis read out one night on swing shift both the X and the Y glass somehow got damaged. I suspected horse play but my solution was to remove all traces of the system. in it's stead I laid 3 LS Starrett mag base 2" travel dial indicator sets with a note figure it out or clock out
Funny thing was the next morning I noticed that production had actually increased and upon inspection so had the quality