{"id":6590,"date":"2024-04-30T21:16:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:16:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:16:57","slug":"fitting-a-digital-readout-dro-to-my-sieg-sx1lp-mini-mill-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6590","title":{"rendered":"Fitting a Digital ReadOut (DRO) to My Sieg SX1LP Mini Mill Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step was working out where to position the reader to get the full length of travel from it. I measured how much space the X axis scale would take up when fitted, added a couple of millimetres for clearance and used that as my forward limit. I then marked the base and drilled and tapped the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6591\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177-1024x518.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177-768x388.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177-500x253.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1177.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6592\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293-1024x486.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293-300x142.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293-768x364.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293-500x237.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-IMG_1293.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the Y axis scale fitted with it&#8217;s swarf cover and working.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next step was working out where to position the reader to get the full length of travel from it. 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