10-30-2012, 06:25 AM
Peter,
Seeing those pictures, things looked vaguely familiar. Then I realized that your carriage assembly is the same as the one on my lathe which is branded as a Vectrax. I bought it in 2009 from MSC and it was also made in Taiwan.
I considered installing the cross slide scale on the left side but did not based on the same reasons you sited as the "Cons" to doing it that way. I made a new carriage lock to clear the scale but lost the use of the cross slide lock so will eventually relocate that to the left side. In hindsight, I wish I would have gotten the 3-axis DRO instead of the 2-axis. At the time, I didn't see much use for a scale on the compound. I've since been educated on that subject by the knowledgeable machinists on this forum. Oh well, live and learn.
Ed
Seeing those pictures, things looked vaguely familiar. Then I realized that your carriage assembly is the same as the one on my lathe which is branded as a Vectrax. I bought it in 2009 from MSC and it was also made in Taiwan.
I considered installing the cross slide scale on the left side but did not based on the same reasons you sited as the "Cons" to doing it that way. I made a new carriage lock to clear the scale but lost the use of the cross slide lock so will eventually relocate that to the left side. In hindsight, I wish I would have gotten the 3-axis DRO instead of the 2-axis. At the time, I didn't see much use for a scale on the compound. I've since been educated on that subject by the knowledgeable machinists on this forum. Oh well, live and learn.
Ed