Re: How to build a DRO?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:

> In a message dated 8/27/2002 4:41:39 PM Central Standard Time,
> questo999@h... writes:
>
>
> > I was hoping to build a digital readout for my milling machine.
>The
> > Idea was to use a rotaty enoder with a stainless steel wire and
>an
> > rotary spring to convert linear motion into rotary motion
>
> Dave: A yardstick and chalk would be equally suitable. Don't even
>try this
> method!
>
>

Look at http://www.bwelectronics.co.uk/index.html for a working
application of this method.

John S.