A DRO helped me understand and appreciate how things move, even when you don't expect it. For instance, engaging the lock on an axis will shift the table a mil or two. Even leaning on the table can cause it to shift a little with our old machines.
A DRO helped me understand and appreciate how things move, even when you don't expect it. For instance, engaging the lock on an axis will shift the table a mil or two. Even leaning on the table can cause it to shift a little with our old machines.
I don't know much, but it looks awesome. How many HP is a Bridgeport mill?
Chrissmith said:I don't know much, but it looks awesome. How many HP is a Bridgeport mill?
More than stock ports, but less than a Peripheral ported mill.
:D
In reply to Chrissmith :
Mine is 1.5 horsepower. These machines sacrifice power and rigidity in exchange for flexibility, but in the context of a home shop, calling a Bridgeport underpowered and flimsy is like calling a Daytona Prototype slow because F1 cars exist.
WonkoTheSane said:Keith Tanner said:Ah, I probably would have called that "optical". Thanks!
1-5 micron scale!!!!!! Good lord.
It's essentially the same tech as a CD player, shine a light and count the dots...
The name is literally just the material and scale as in "machinist measuring device," so metal scale, plastic scale, glass scale, etc.
That's a good analogy, the CD and other optical discs. Thanks.
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