The mill is in.

[skotl]

How's that skot

That's perfect - cheers mate

My only question is this bit - that doesn't look as if it's part of the round-cylinder stiffenator, is it?

 

[123hotchef]

That's perfect - cheers mate

My only question is this bit - that doesn't look as if it's part of the round-cylinder stiffenator, is it?

no mate that is the lock for the slide foward/reverse

 

[123hotchef]

Rotary table is on

 

[123hotchef]

Had a wee tidy up

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Had a wee tidy up View attachment 194275 View attachment 194276 View attachment 194277

See you aquired a rotary table in the end then

 

[123hotchef]

O

See you aquired a rotary table in the end then

Oh yes it was not cheap but it appears unused

 

[123hotchef]

Had a go of the mill today do you use a arbour or the standard jacobs chuck with the cutters

 

[123hotchef]

Need to sort the dro now what plugs are these on the display. I need to find some leads

 

[arther dailey]

Damn thats a nice workshop, like that "henry" is looking up and admiring the new mill in one of the pics.

 

[skotl]

Need to sort the dro now what plugs are these on the display. I need to find some leads

They're quite unusual on a DRO I think?

The first pic looks like RJ45 (aka network cables) and the second is a mini-USB.
I presume the RJ45s are for the scales and the USB is for power in?

All the scales I've seen have old-fashioned DB9 serial plus so yours must be fancy-schmansy-new!

Edit: But that looks like a standard low-voltage power jack on your first pic, so perhaps the USB is for programming?

 

[123hotchef]

Usb is on the scale end like my calipers. The other bit smaller than a network cable is the display end. What does your kit have

 

[123hotchef]

Damn thats a nice workshop, like that "henry" is looking up and admiring the new mill in one of the pics.

Ha ha Henry is king of the shop now. It's tidy in there for once and I can actually work in it now

 

[skotl]

Usb is on the scale end like my calipers. The other bit smaller than a network cable is the display end. What does your kit have

DB9 serial, like this guy:

Do you have the cables and plugs on your scales?

 

[skotl]

This is the back of my display

 

[123hotchef]

DB9 serial, like this guy:

Do you have the cables and plugs on your scales?

I have one cable with a good end for the scales the other ends are missing

 

[skotl]

I have one cable with a good end for the scales the other ends are missing

I presume they're straight through cables then (can't imagine why they'd make them any other way).

I found this that suggests that you just need pins 1, 4, 5 and 8.

(source doc - PDF)

Probably worth taking one of the cables and plugging it into your display, then measure pins 1 & 8 - if you get +5VDC across them then that diagram is probably right. Then either use pre-built 8-wire RJ45 (aka CAT5) cables or crimp your own on.

 

[123hotchef]

I have 4 cables in the plug so it's smaller than a data cable

 

[123hotchef]

I presume they're straight through cables then (can't imagine why they'd make them any other way).

I found this that suggests that you just need pins 1, 4, 5 and 8.

(source doc - PDF)

Probably worth taking one of the cables and plugging it into your display, then measure pins 1 & 8 - if you get +5VDC across them then that diagram is probably right. Then either use pre-built 8-wire RJ45 (aka CAT5) cables or crimp your own on.

I still need usb on the other end

 

[Seadog]

Had a go of the mill today do you use a arbour or the standard jacobs chuck with the cutters

Use an arbour or a collet chuck. A standard three point chuck is useless for anything other than light cuts.

 

[skotl]

Huh. I'd say

I have 4 cables in the plug so it's smaller than a data cable

Huh.

Six pins or 8? If it's six pins then it's probably RJ11, but if it's 8 then it's a mini 8P