digitising your workshop

[yamaha_george]

http://www.caliper2pc.de/produkte/calip ... adout.html

For those of you with manual machines (lathe / mill) an easy available REPEATABLE measuring system for the machine motion.

[ragedigital]

Ouch, I think he is selling that little box for $182 USD - good thing the software is free.

I like this solution better :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MauJ-EJ-o

darrin

[yamaha_george]

Darrin,
that solution has been around for a while now and i have retro-fitted to a friends little Myford lathe.
What stuck me about this solution was that the displays were capable of being centralised in a position where you could watch the cut AND keep an eye on the distance with out peering at small read out just at periferal vision.

As probably the oldest here I can state that good eyesight is not permanent hence the big readouts being a blessing..
As to the cost of the box getting a smallish run done for metalwork/plastic and i would think he hand assembles/solders them so what 15USD hour + materials PLUS some profit, he would do better sales at say 149USD but say what his choice.

Also of use from design perspective:-
http://www.cncprototyping.co.nz/design-guide.html

[ragedigital]

As probably the oldest here I can state that good eyesight is not permanent hence the big readouts being a blessing...[/url]

I see your point. Plus, you don't have to be your age to experience eyesight issues. I'm in my mid-40s now and already notice that I can't see things up close.

Also of use from design perspective:-
http://www.cncprototyping.co.nz/design-guide.html

I like that Design Guide...gives some decent pointers to us who are CNC-illiterate.

darrin