DIGITAL READ OUTS
Here are some inexpensive digital read outs (DRO) I’ve added to various machines in the shop. On the seat and guide machine it’s great to be able to set seat depths for different cutters on the same head without setting the end stop for each one. You just write a reference number on the cradle as you go. Really saves time and is accurate. — On the surfacer you zero at a known height or keep track of the amount removed after touch off. For squaring blocks, it makes it quicker and you don’t lose track of how far you may have backed off the machine head. — For the boring bar this stop acts as an end stop and a DRO. It works great for cutting off sleeves or cutting o-ring grooves with the manual feed.
Ron Flood
Cedar Machine
North Branch, MN
June, 2019
