Digital Caliper help

[andy_con]

i want to mount some digital calipers to my milling machine, but i need the screen to be visible. so i would like to relocate the screen only.

dismantled the thing and as i suspected not a simple job as the screen is connect via a little rubber connector -




you can connect the calipers to a read out but the screens are just stupid money -






so does anyone have any suggestions on how i could do something similar??

[danielbriggs]

£34.
http://www.warco.co.uk/Digital-readouts-1DB8ADA73B.aspx

[andy_con]

top man dan, been searching all over google for dro's.

do you know if you can connect digital calipers to it?

[hobbybob]

Hey Andy,

This is how my buddy did it:

[JohnYayas]

You can build a real DRO that plugs into those calibers from a kit. Look up Shumatech.

[andy_con]

You can build a real DRO that plugs into those calibers from a kit. Look up Shumatech.

cos i didnt relly wana go down tha route

ive got it sorted now

[JohnYayas]

DROs are awesome. They don't just give a position readout. They do computational stuff like tell you exactly where to drill holes beased on what you are doing, etc.

[andy_con]

also that place you suggested is sold out of everything

[JohnYayas]

oh well. you'll eventually get one.

[andy_con]

im going to get two of these

http://www.warco.co.uk/Digital-scale...2C4E98774.aspx