01-10-2020, 02:33 AM
First I am new to this site. Second I am almost totally ignorant of electronics. Third, I am a very good machinist (30+ years)
I recently bought a Chinese made DRO kit to mount on my lathe. It's so easy a 10 year old can do it right? Well, since I don't have any 10 year old's at hand, I decided to take on the task my self. I figure at 72 I should be at least as smart as a 10 year old. Hmmmm?
The Glass scales provided work very well and are as expected BUT there are several small problems.
The only one that matters is that the X-Axis scale covers the carriage lock and the lubricant reservoir of the carriage. being somewhat of a Oilccan Henry type, I feel the this is not acceptable.
What I would like to do is replace the glass scale(s) with Magnetic scales, the Magnetic scales have a much slimmer profile and even if mounted where the glass scales are, would uncover the needed features.
My question is can I switch to Magnetic scales? If a I can, (both of the scales use db9 connectors) do the db9s have the same connections ie: are the pinouts the same and what other problems might I have? How do I identify the problems and can I correct them so I can use Magnetic scales?
Help?
I recently bought a Chinese made DRO kit to mount on my lathe. It's so easy a 10 year old can do it right? Well, since I don't have any 10 year old's at hand, I decided to take on the task my self. I figure at 72 I should be at least as smart as a 10 year old. Hmmmm?
The Glass scales provided work very well and are as expected BUT there are several small problems.
The only one that matters is that the X-Axis scale covers the carriage lock and the lubricant reservoir of the carriage. being somewhat of a Oilccan Henry type, I feel the this is not acceptable.
What I would like to do is replace the glass scale(s) with Magnetic scales, the Magnetic scales have a much slimmer profile and even if mounted where the glass scales are, would uncover the needed features.
My question is can I switch to Magnetic scales? If a I can, (both of the scales use db9 connectors) do the db9s have the same connections ie: are the pinouts the same and what other problems might I have? How do I identify the problems and can I correct them so I can use Magnetic scales?
Help?