Thanks for inviting us to your shop to spend some time and share some knowledge. Always enjoyable 😉.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

You bet

Awesome Winky! I’m going to do the same to my HarborFreight mill drill. I picked up a dro from Shars’s

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

I've been planning to do this for a long time. thanks for the nudge.

Enjoyed as always! Good editing Winky, you covered a lot of territory in 10 minutes and hit the high spots just right.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Editing is tricky... too much info and people get bored and not enough is bad too.

Thanks for the time you spent ,ill follow your guide cheers

@WinkysWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Your welcome. There are many ways to do this but it worked well.

Luv shop enhancements….nice modification

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Me too, thanks!

Excellent job winky, I had a time installing one like that on my kbc mill, but like you I figured it out.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, the hardest part for me seems to be mounting it so that it has no side load.

Great video Mark

@WinkysWorkshop

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

I am looking to mount a Z DRO. This is a perfect design... Thanks!

@WinkysWorkshop

7 ай бұрын

Go for it! It worked great but maybe you can improve on it

Thanks very much Mate. I am looking at putting a DRO on my Busy Bee mill and this is giving some ideas and a nudge to proceed.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Bend a while Mark, but the dust is settling some what since my Brides passing in July. Nice neat custom retro fit and well done. I love that the RuFu 31 I upgrade to a couple yrs back was fitted with X-Y & Z on a DRO, but this video will a a great asset to those that are getting ther first column mill for sure. Keep on Keeping on. Promise to get back more often soon, Bear.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

Nice job man. I got some great tips right there from you, I'll be trying to make a z axis dro mount. Cheers from Sweden.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks you! Glad to help.

Winky, you are too clever by half. Do you lay in bed dreaming up what ingenious plan you can do to your workshop machinery next ? Great outcome. Regards from Australia.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I do lose sleep over ideas but not in this case. I've been planning this for a long time. I thought about it every time I used the mill.

very crafty way to fix the problem.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

Beautiful!

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That will be real handy Winky.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks... I like it!

Yep, the video made it to publication! It worked! Nice job thinking outside the mill head!

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

One thing I noted on my RF30 is that the quill can rotate a small amount, maybe one or two degrees. Had to design the Z scale mount so not to be affected. Have the original plastic cover protecting the scale.

@WinkysWorkshop

7 ай бұрын

Strange... mine did not rotate. I probably could have designed it better or differently but it worked great!

Nice job.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Cool channel name and some good content!

So good

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks~!

I added a DRO to mine but used the scale that is separate from the read out. Mounted the scale in the cavity behind the spindle. Up in the body of the machine. usually were drill presses mount a light. Totally out of the way. works good. My only complaint is these inexpensive DRO's all run on battery. Always seems like when I need to use it the battery is dead!

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thats a great way to do it. If I was going to do it over I would consider doing it like you did. I also agree on the batteries. The down DRO turns off automatically but the other two are battery eaters.

@rb63

Жыл бұрын

What dro did you use?

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@rb63 I got it on amazon but it came from "All Industrial". Amazon says it is no longer available. It has an auto shut off feature and retains the location even when it turns off. Batteries last about a year.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@rb63 I just found it but it's out of stock. allindustrial.com/all-industrial-30072-6-y-axis-digital-readout-scale-vertical-bridgeport-mill-lathe-dro-output/

@bugkiller5293

Жыл бұрын

@@rb63 Shars 6" Digital DRO Large LCD Readout Scale IP54

Very nice! "I like it"...me too.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Right on!

Well done as usual Winky. Thanks for the video.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks.

You'll get it, Winky I know you will, I have a powerful tool called faith! :)

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Those things are awesome. I put one on my Lagun, I think it's just like the one you have. It was also a fun project, but I did mine a smidge differently than you. I put mine over on the side, and fabbed simple brackets to screw it to the side of the spindle.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes there are many options for mounting. Your method might be better

I need to add a fine adjust to mine like your front hand wheel does for you. I use the main quill lever and watch my Z axis DRO to get me there. Its fiddly and slow and easy to get it wrong.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

I love the down hand wheel. I'll bet it is hard to get with it a couple throu.

@de-bodgery

Жыл бұрын

@@WinkysWorkshop yeah PITA if not impossible.

Nice job. Too late now but I when I was installed the DRO on my tailstock I found it easier to make the display static and move the rail instead. I think that might have worked here for your mill and it would have been more compact and with less parts.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

You may be correct. Interesting idea.

LOOKS GREAT, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT DRO? ALL THE ONES I'VE SEEN LIKE THAT READ VERTICAL..

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Maybe eBay, I can't remember. Here's one I found on Amazon: amzn.to/3B5cVIC

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

search for vertical DRO 6 inch

@thomasking2081

Жыл бұрын

@@WinkysWorkshop OK, THANKS

Glad I found this video. I just bought an older 40 so this gave me some insights into the workings of the quill. Where did you find that DRO?

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Maybe ebay, I can't remember. Search for "vertical DRO 6 inch"

Great video! I was wondering if you had a manual you referenced to reinstall the original depth stop components? Recently got a similar mill but it doesnt have any of the depth stop peices, so im trying to find some good references for manufacturing them myself. Thanks!

@WinkysWorkshop

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. This is all I had with mine. www.penntoolco.com/content/RF-30-manual.pdf

Nice Mod Winky...

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Don! I was thinking about you today while using an end mill. THANKS again!

Where did you get the DRO? I'm looking to do the same thing.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Good question... I'm not sure. Either ebay or amazon. One person commented that they got one like it from Shars

Thanks for sharing

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching... I hope the all is well at the flywheelers!

improv jazz

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

yep

Spoiler Alert: If this doesn't work, you won't see this video!

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Haha... funny but logical. Did you really want to see me fail to install a DRO?

Crude or not, it works. That's what counts.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

I thought about making the one piece cover but the way I did it was much easier. The casting wasn't parallel and getting a good fit would be hard. Yep, works great

Do you ever look at people's profile picture and wonder why they have what they have? 🤔

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Ha... I need more info on this comment.

@dans_Learning_Curve

Жыл бұрын

@@WinkysWorkshop how about my picture? 😜

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@dans_Learning_Curve I see a cool old car! Ha

@dans_Learning_Curve

Жыл бұрын

@@WinkysWorkshop is that picture enough to peek your interest and check out my small channel? This was my late father's car. 1958 Plymouth Suburban.

@WinkysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@dans_Learning_Curve Well... not really but if I was more into this vintage car perhaps it would have. Your clever channel title did prompt me to look into your channel in the past however. A fixed up earlier model would have sparked my interest although classic cars are not really a major interest of mine. I'm sure my picture is only recognition. Maybe I need to make it a picture of a mill or lathe.