[modeleng] Re: Bristol Exhibition/DRO

It would be very simple to rig one up like that - I've fitted that same sort
of thing to the cross slide of the Mystery lathe I got cheap on ebay last
year - as the 7tpi acme feedscrew more closely resembles a Vee thread in the
centre portion. Made an old clunker capable of some pretty accurate work.



> Ian,
> I am sure that somewhere in one of the back issues of Home Shop Machinist
> there was an article where someone had modified and fitted an electonic
> vernier to the tailpost of a lathe.
> I am sure that there was a collar placed around the tailstock barrel which
> had an inbuilt clamp for the moving part of the digital vernier and the
> stationary part was fittied to the body by a small clamp which in turn had
> been attached to the body.
> Not much info, but it may be enough to start drawing.
> Regards,
> John
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