[KensRedZed]

I have hit a road block in my building plans. The mill hasn't arrived yet. It was supposed to be delivered by Nov 15th. I have digital readouts sitting on my bench beside my old drill press. I don't want to scribe lines and do things by eye again. So I build nothing while I wait. Tapping my foot.

The machinery supplier was very kind and offered me a discount on something to hold me over. It's a large 6"x12" inch compound table big enough to fit the 6"x12" inch digital readouts. Now were talking. I made brackets to mount the readouts to my existing drill press. Now I can drill and ream holes as accurate as the readouts can provide (plus/minus 0.001" inch).

The readouts work exactly like digital calipers.

   
   
   
   

All my drawings since my first car were meant for digital readouts.

   

The vise has been trued with a dial indicator. The digital readouts have been set to zero to the inside corner of the jaw with an edge finder. Every piece of 3/4 square aluminum tubing that drops in goes to zero/zero straight away. It's a digital drill-press. Poetry in motion to a machinist.

Machine shop classes start at 9:00 am. Don't forget to pack a lunch, and a wobbly-pop.