P20090908- Milling machine - from DIETRICH - USA

Please find attached pictures of my DRO installation. I am very happy with this product and I also enclose a picture of my automatic long travel which I build from a windscreen motor with adjustable speed control and reverse switch connected with a dog clutch.

DIETRICH - USA

mTECH DRO on ENCO 1442 Lathe and mill is an ENCO 13x42 Milling machine - Florida, USA (Dave)

mTECH DRO-2L on Enco 111-1445 Lathe


The connection at the rear of the DRO


a view of both the X and Z axis installation


Z axis scale installation


This is the X axis (cross slide) scale installation


I have routed the cable below the cross slide.


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Enco Milling Machine 13x42


Enco Milling Machine - X and Y axis scale view



Cabling through the arm and to the DRO


Rear view of the connection to the DRO-2M



putting on an additional plate before mounting the X scales, to get a good surface.



Close-up of the X reader head


Installation of the Y axis scale


full view of the X and Y installation and the cable tie



Close-up view of the Y reader head




The lathe is an ENCO 1442 and the mill is an ENCO 13x42.
The systems are working properly. Good quality equipment. Excelent installation information.
I will recomend these readouts to all.
Thanks
Dave - Florida, USA

360- mTech DRO on Storm Vulcon Surfacer - Manhattan,USA- (Daniel)

Thanks Daniel for his photo on his installation of Storm Vulcon Surface Grinding machine.
















It was a great job, and mTECH is capable of accuracy for grinding usage.

20090923- Bridgeport 2sv Milling machine - Melbourne Australia (Steve)

Hi, I have sent a photo of the readout I purchased from you , I’ve put this on my 2sv Bridgeport, fits perfectly .

I am very happy with this readout , having purchased jenix readouts for my other three machines , I now intend to buy your mTECH DRO in the future. I have another mill that’s needs a readout and will be buying one from you in the near future.

Steve- Melbourne Australia

292- Scales on Optimum Milling BF20L and BF20 - from "Grasshopper" & "The Master" (Spain)

Thanks "Grasshopper" and "The Master" - Spain (Madrid), for sharing their installation of mTECH scales on their Optimum Milling machine.

Thanks for providing the description in both English and Spanish. Cheers

Here is their introduction to mounting the scales:

Introduction
Photos show the procedure to mount glass scales
on a BF20L milling machine. Manufacturer is Optimum
There are several small milling machine very
similar to this, so, this photos can help the
people interested to mount glass scales
and forget the tedious turns counting of handle.

Introducción
Las fotos corresponden al montaje de las reglas
en una fresadora BF20L de la casa Optimum.
Existen fresadoras de otras marcas muy parecidas,
por lo que estas fotos pueden servir de guia para su montaje.
y olvidar el tedioso conteo de las vueltas de la manivela



Foto 11
General view Y axis(scale : 170 mm mod: JCXF5. )
Scale is fixed on the milling base and move the cursor

Foto general del eje Y (escala de longitud 170 mm mod. )
Se mueve el cursor y la regla está fijada a la base

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Foto12
Detail right side fixation Y axis

Detalle de la fijación del lado derecho del eje Y

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Foto13
Detail left side fixation Y axis. (It was necessary to use a little supplement)

Detalle de la fijación del lado izquierdo del eje Y (se necesitó un suplemento)

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Foto14
Detail cursor fixation Y axis. It was used a
aluminum angle piece. Angle is formed between
the cross table and base of milling

Detalle fijación del cursor del eje Y. Se utilizó
una pieza de aluminio doblada con el angulo correspondiente a la base


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Foto 16
General view Z axis (scale: 420 mm mod.: JCXE5 )
Scale is fixed on the column and move the cursor

Foto general del eje Z (escala de longitud 420 mm mod. )
Se mueve el cursor y la regla está fijada a la columna


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Foto 18
Detail cursor fixation Z axis. It was used a
aluminum flat piece. It was necessary to use a little supplement too

Detalle fijación del cursor eje Z. Se utilizó una
pieza de aluminio plana para la sujección. También se necesitaron suplementos.



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Foto19
Detail upside fixation Z axis

Detalle de la fijación de la parte superior del eje Z

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Foto20
Detail downside fixation Z axis

Detalle de la fijación de la parte inferior del eje Z

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Foto25
General view X axis (scale: 520 mm mod.: JCXE5
). For BF20, this scale is 320 mm and mod.:JCXF5.
In this case, cursor is fixed on cross table and scale move

Foto general del eje X (escala de longitud 520 mm
mod. ). Para la BF20, la escala es de 320 mm mod.
En este caso, se mueve la regla y el cursor está fijo a la mesa cruzada.

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Foto22
Detail right side fixation X axis. (back point of view)

Detalle de la fijación del lado derecho del eje X (visto desde atras)

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Foto23
Detail left side fixation X axis. (back point of view)

Detalle de la fijación del lado izquierdo del eje X (visto desde atras)

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Foto24
Detail cursor fixation X axis. It was used the
same hole where rubber protection is fixed
originally, plus a aluminium flat piece

Detalle fijación del cursor eje X. Para la
sujección se aprovecharon los orificios de
sujección del aproteccion de goma, además de una pieza de aluminio.

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Foto 25
Scales connected to DRO

Reglas conectadas al DRO.



Thanks for the generous photo.