x-axis dro for my vintage lathe.

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Jun 6, 2015, 10:38 PM
schor

x-axis dro for my vintage lathe.

I guess this is a tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqr6fruOEwc
Jun 7, 2015, 07:09 AM
Ed ke6bnl

great video good idea
Jun 7, 2015, 08:20 PM
schor

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Originally Posted by Ed ke6bnl

great video good idea

Thanks Ed.
Jun 8, 2015, 08:53 AM
PJs

Thanks Steve for posting this. Really excellent idea to keep it out of harms way! Simple & Elegant. I finally sub'd your channel today after seeing your comments many times. I have done some tests on those iGauging DRO's and found them to be very accurate and repeatable and may try one on my Mini after seeing yours...plus they are cheap and cheerful to my liking. Thanks! ~PJ
Jun 8, 2015, 10:46 AM
Paul Jones

Hi Steve,

Excellent presentation and a smart design for the DRO mounting. I found the DRO testing vs. the worn leadscrew very useful and something I should consider on my lathe.

Thank you, Paul
Jun 8, 2015, 12:09 PM
schor

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Originally Posted by PJs

Thanks Steve for posting this. Really excellent idea to keep it out of harms way! Simple & Elegant. I finally sub'd your channel today after seeing your comments many times. I have done some tests on those iGauging DRO's and found them to be very accurate and repeatable and may try one on my Mini after seeing yours...plus they are cheap and cheerful to my liking. Thanks! ~PJ

Thanks PJ and thanks for the sub.
Jun 8, 2015, 12:10 PM
schor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Jones

Hi Steve,

Excellent presentation and a smart design for the DRO mounting. I found the DRO testing vs. the worn leadscrew very useful and something I should consider on my lathe.

Thank you, Paul

Thanks Paul. I agree people should check the screw, especially if they have an older lathe, mine is around 75 years old.
Jun 8, 2015, 01:05 PM
kbalch

Thanks Steve! I've added your X-Axis DRO to our Lathe Accessories and Digital Readouts categories, as well as to your builder page: schor's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Jun 8, 2015, 02:33 PM
Nitrous

Trouble with the ads

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Originally Posted by schor

I guess this is a tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqr6fruOEwc

This is a great video but when the embedded video is clicked (on iPad and regular Windows 7 pc) there is a right sided block ad that effectively crops the video.

I was able to view it only by pulling the YouTube link and going directly to YouTube.

Thanks for sharing the DRO with us. You did a great job!

Nitrous
Jun 8, 2015, 04:02 PM
schor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nitrous

This is a great video but when the embedded video is clicked (on iPad and regular Windows 7 pc) there is a right sided block ad that effectively crops the video.

I was able to view it only by pulling the YouTube link and going directly to YouTube.

Thanks for sharing the DRO with us. You did a great job!

Nitrous

Thanks for the nice comment.

Does the add overlap only happen with videos or pictures too. I know most people post pictures and a write-up, I prefer videos, if a picture is a thousand words, then a video has to be at least 10,000.
Jun 8, 2015, 04:47 PM
Nitrous

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Originally Posted by schor

Thanks for the nice comment.

Does the add overlap only happen with videos or pictures too. I know most people post pictures and a write-up, I prefer videos, if a picture is a thousand words, then a video has to be at least 10,000.

actually, after I clicked in the corner of the ad, and responded to the reason for wanting to get rid of the ad....and after waiting for 4 seconds or so.... the video opened up to full size.

Prior to that, it didn't show the right half of the video screen. Result was quite frustrating.
I understand that the site needs to pay for traffic etc, but pop up ads are annoying, even if eventually, you can make one disappear.

BTW, we're kind of neighbors. I live in Hamilton :)

Doug
Jun 8, 2015, 05:18 PM
schor

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Originally Posted by Nitrous

BTW, we're kind of neighbors. I live in Hamilton :)

Doug

If your ever in the ajax neighbourhood give me a shout.
Jun 9, 2015, 05:21 PM
Okapi

Really a super job, the idea is innovative and more usable than lateral mounting, congratulations !
Jun 10, 2015, 07:16 AM
schor

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Originally Posted by Okapi

Really a super job, the idea is innovative and more usable than lateral mounting, congratulations !

Thanks for the comment.
Jun 10, 2015, 10:55 AM
kbalch

Hey Guys,

Just checking on the ad issue: is it a YouTube ad that's obscuring the video or one of our HomemadeTools ads? I'm not seeing either, myself.

Ken
Jun 11, 2015, 02:11 AM
DIYer

I like your idea on positioning the DRO. Great work on the video.
Jun 14, 2015, 05:29 PM
schor

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Originally Posted by DIYer

I like your idea on positioning the DRO. Great work on the video.

Thanks, and I've got a question.

Quite a few people said this video was a good one, not just the idea of the dro. Why is that? Can I get some responses as to why my video was good? I did have a couple negative comments about having the background music, but reall there were many sources of good comments.
Oct 24, 2017, 07:38 PM
Moby Duck

Nice job and well thought out.
I haven't tried this tip, but I understand that the wear apparent at the cross slide screw is usually in one direction, and it is in the nut, as opposed to the screw. This wear can often be removed by reversing the nut, or making a new nut.

p.s. Good video and music as far as I am concerned. Clear and to the point, music quiet and not distracting.
Oct 27, 2017, 06:37 AM
schor

Thanks for the comment.

I think I have both wear on the screw and on the nut. I'll have to see if I can measure the wear on the screw one day.
Oct 27, 2017, 12:22 PM
olderdan

My SB lathe is about the same age as yours and I made a new crosslide acme screw and nut for it, an easy way too check wear is to lock the slide and measure the backlash on the feed dial at 1 inch intervals. Assuming that wear on the nut will be more of a constant than on the screw it will probably tell you that the worst area is between the C/L and about 2.5 inches out where most work is done and so the variation would be wear on the screw, this was true in my case.
However as you have done a super job of fitting a DRO you have made backlash irrelevant and given your lathe a better than new accuracy.
The reason I did not fit DRO to my lathe is that I do a lot of milling with it and so backlash is something I needed to reduce is much as possible.
Apr 2, 2018, 08:02 PM
schor

Quote:

Originally Posted by olderdan

My SB lathe is about the same age as yours and I made a new crosslide acme screw and nut for it, an easy way too check wear is to lock the slide and measure the backlash on the feed dial at 1 inch intervals. Assuming that wear on the nut will be more of a constant than on the screw it will probably tell you that the worst area is between the C/L and about 2.5 inches out where most work is done and so the variation would be wear on the screw, this was true in my case.
However as you have done a super job of fitting a DRO you have made backlash irrelevant and given your lathe a better than new accuracy.
The reason I did not fit DRO to my lathe is that I do a lot of milling with it and so backlash is something I needed to reduce is much as possible.

Thanks for the comment. The dro works very well and I can hit my mark pretty much all the time now.
Jul 27, 2018, 01:27 AM
bigtrev8xl

Good stuff, apart from the annoying background music...Thanks
Nov 14, 2018, 07:04 PM
Toolmaker51

Hard to beat a DRO. Adding quick change tools can really show the advantages, worn lead screw or not. A big temptation, adding to a compound!
A recommendation I offer is verifying by other than combination of leadscrew-dial-DRO. On a lathe of that size, should think 4 or 5 inches with 1-2-3 blocks or comparable standard and a test indicator. Simple as laying a bar over ways and using carriage to get indicator tip 'in and out' of contact with chosen standard.
DRO's accuracy relate to attaining 2 planes of square and level travel in accordance with slide being monitored; minimizing sine error(s).
Nov 14, 2018, 11:04 PM
marksbug

good work!! I have the stainless igagauging on my small mill, i had the igaging aluminum ones on my big mill(bridgeport) and put a std dro on it,Ill take the alumimun gauges/scales and put on my 3 year old 9x20 ...at some point, they should already be on there but somehow they arnt. I wish there was a cheep reader that read 2x for the cross slide so I didnt have to think.....sometimes thinking aint my strong suit...sometimes may be stretching it a bit...no a bit more than that..Ive still got to build a lead screw cover and way cover for the cross slide.and....yup lots of stuff I want to do...like add a 1 or 2 inch spacer under the tail stock&main spindl head thingy...I know I should of got a bigger lathe. ittle do for now.
Nov 15, 2018, 08:54 AM
basil3w

Thanks Steve-
Excellent way to breathe new life into a great old iron horse, (I'm gonna do this to my old TH54 this weekend)!. Is this a great site or what?
-Basil

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