80% milling question
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Thanks for the link, Ed. I've been a member here for a long while but the thread predates me. I wish I had the equipment, but more importantly, the skills and experience to be able to do what you demonstrated, and documented!
JoeR
MigraineMan
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Since you appear to be a machinist, you know how set up time eats up your time. Since I am now retired, I am willing to buy something rather than taking the time to make it. My time is more important since I don't have as much left as I used to.
Finally made the commit to upgrade the manual mill to a digital readout (DRO.) Should make machining much more pleasant and productive.
To start, I pretty much took the pistons out. Stripped the table down to the frame (which means I will need to spend several hours re-tram-ing the thing to get it straight and square again.) Z-axis went first, then the Y-axis, and finally the X.
Seems to be working as expected. I am pleased. Started at 9:30 this AM, so yeah, 12h to upgrade. I am tired.
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Been there, done that. My arthritic hands hurt from the thought.
Nice work. Next step is to add stepper motors and CNC controller board. 
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