[GrizHFMinimill] My $106 HF Mini-mill 3 axis DRO

I recently purchased a HF mini-mill and my first series of changes were to add 3 axis DRO, pulley drive, and gas spring. I purchased 2 12" and 1 6" iGaging DRO remote readout scales from Grizzly, with shipping it came to $106. I followed some of the previous posters installs with some changes to fit the HF mill, for example the X axis hangs out on the left side of the table instead of the right. My pulley mod was changed slightly as I left the collar installed and turned the large pulley to fit tightly on the collar. The motor mount was also extended to allow for a 20" 80lb gas spring, this being enough force to keep the rack gear backlash in the up direction, nice to have the head auto return to the top then stopping with a nice cushion when letting go of the handle. I added a photo album titled "Ricks 106 dollar DRO"

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrizHFMinimill/photos/album/2130350934/pic/list

I love the iGaging DROs, no more bluing and marking parts for me, and I find them very reliable and repeatable.

Rick Grimm

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