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Good evening all

Over the past few months I have been thinking about a new milling machine with a DRO and spindle readout but could not justify the cost as my SEIG super X2 PLUS is in good working order.
So a few weeks ago I remembered a good article in one of my engineering mags by a very talented engineer named Howard Winwood.
So I made lots of notes and put them in my maybe file for latter use so that latter is now.
I started by fitting angle eyes (e-bay} under the spindle powered by a 12 v wall plug.
Next a spindle speed readout by fitting a Hall Effect Sensor (e-bay) to the top of the head by using a very simple bracket and a magnet to the top of the spindle.
Next job was to remove the head spring locking the head at its high point first and replacing this with a 500mm Gus Strut part number GS6-15-220-260 from SGS Engineering UK Ltd.
Last of all was the DRO on the X,Y,and Z axis for these I brought three 300mm/ 12 inch digital readout bars with remote display from (arc euro trade).
The photos pretty much show everything I done.
Next job is to start my ZD KFZ 251 build.
Take care all and stay safe.
Steve

Lovely upgrade mate!

HI,
good job,
can you give me some more information on:
the DRO on the X, Y, and Z axis for these I brought three 300mm / 12 inch digital readout bars with remote display from (arc euro trade).
cost where you bought them,
I would like to mount them on my lathe.
Thank you
Marco

Hi Phil
Thank you for the lovely comment mate.

Hi Gian
The readout bars were £44.22 each.
The whole upgrade cost less than £150.
Here is the link to the web page of Arc euro trade.
https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogu ... te-Display
I hope this is helpful to you
If you require any more information / help then please do not hesitate to PM me.
Take care and keep safe

Steve

Hi Steve,
Nice job, DROs are are a really worthwhile upgrade for any machine . Before using, can I suggest you make up some covers for the slides to stop swarf collecting and throwing out the readings.
David

HI,
Thanks for the answer Steve,
really interesting and at a good price
Marco

Hi Gian
Your very welcome.

Steve

Hi David
Thank you for the constructive comment I was thinking the same thing so your comment was the deciding factor.
I put the guards on the X and Y axis only the Z axis is set back slightly so hopefully it will not require one.
I popped into B & Q and picked up some 30mm cheep plastic angle all of £3.
A nice simple cheep fix to the problem if it works OK then I will replace them with aluminium angle.
Take care and stay safe

Regards Steve