Re: DRO board - another question

Hello,

www.encodertech.com has 0.01mm strips and reader heads which will
give you just less than your 0.0005" resolution. The strips are a
max length of 600mm. If you go to their WWW site it mentions a
12.5CPMM strip and a 12.5CPMM head. Well they also have a non-
documented 25CPMM head that works with the 12.5CPMM strips. I have
some at home and they work great (specially since I work in mm here
in Canada) If you want more info let me know and I can tell you part
numbers etc once I go home.

Now if I can just find a good way of mounting them on my lathe.....

TTYL, Jeff

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ken Jenkins <kjenkins@m...> wrote:
> Hey Dan,
>
> Do you have any idea how long? I don't mind waiting in that I have
> oh, just "a few" other projects to work on as well, but is this a
> real thing you've heard from them? I'd rather do linear than hassle
> with the mechanicals of the other design. What kind of software is
> available which works with the board I have the Tom K. software,
> anything else available particularly with source code in C or some
> flavor of Basic?
>
> Ken Jenkins
> kjenkins@m...
>
> > I use a bunch of different encoders from US digital. Any one of
the ones
> > that use the HEDS read head should be fine. If you wait a little
while
> > longer usdigital should have their 500 CPI linear strips which X
4 will
> > give 2000 per inch or .0005 resolution.
> > Dan