{"id":6623,"date":"2024-05-16T10:47:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:47:55","slug":"fitting-a-digital-readout-dro-to-my-sieg-sx1lp-mini-mill-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6623","title":{"rendered":"Fitting a Digital ReadOut (DRO) to My Sieg SX1LP Mini Mill Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not feeling at my best since the bank holiday I have let this thread slip a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where were we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only possible mounting for the read head on the X axis is the end of the Y axis table. To do this I employed a couple more offcuts of aluminium angle these slightly deeper in section than that used on the Y axis read head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The brackets needed to fit around the Y axis lead screw so needed a bit of shaping<\/p>\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\/05\/1-IMG_1194-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1194-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1194-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1194-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1194-1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1192-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1192.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It did take a couple of tries to get a range of adjustment available in all the different elements of the Z shaped final mounting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having got this far with the mill assembled I couldn&#8217;t put off taking the mill to bits any longer to drill the end of the Y axis table.<\/p>\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\/05\/1-IMG_1197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-IMG_1197-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6628\" 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