Re: Mill/Drills

This idea can be extended further:

Rigidly mount a mirror (preferably a front surface one) on the wall and reflect the beam back to an alignment line on your
mill. That way you get twice the resolution and the target is right at your mill instead of far away on the wall.
Bertho Boman
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> From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
>
> >I find this is a real drawback (not being able to maintain alignment while
> >raising and lowering the head on my Asian mill/drill) so much so, that one
> >of my next projects may be to add an external guide that prevents the head
> >from rotating. It would have to be very stout and yet easily disconnected
>
> One idea you might like to try that a friend of mine told me about was to
> 1 Set your column of the mill truly vertical.
> 2 Mount a cheap laser pointer (prerably with lens) rigidly to it horizontally.
> 3 On a clear wall (if your workshop is lucky enough to have this) and as far
> away as possible with a plumb bob and string line draw a vertical line on the
> wall.
> 4 Use this as reference for vertical alignment.
>
> Another idea in MEW involved a reference line and a mounted microscope
> with a reticle, but I don't have the magazine number to hand.
>
> Cheers