Re: Help to CNC a Clausing Mill

Earl-
Have you looked at the yahoo group "clausing_lathe_and_mill" ? Under
the photos section, under "Mbrs Mills", you will find Clausing and
Johannesson mills that have DRO's installed. I believe that I had
seen several threads relating to how to install them , and they
referenced the uploaded pictures.

This site may also be helpful:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/A/r/Arts_home_page/

Also, www.cnczone.com has lots of helpful information.

Regards,
Keith



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "eewhite42000"
<eewhite4@k...> wrote:

>
> Dear group,
> I am trying to get together enough background information to make

a

> decision on a CNC retrofit for my Clausing Mill. Ideally, I would
> like to do just a DRO system first, and add the CNC capability

later

> on. This machine is about half the size of a Bridgeport and weighs
> about 5 to 6 hundred pounds. The table is about 30 inches long and

6

> inches wide. travel is about 6 by 12 inches and it has a

conventional

> knee like a Bridgeport. The leadscrews are in inches and graduated

in

> thousandths. one full turn is .1 inches. Do any of the DRO "heads"
> have an output for use with a CNC system? Also, I might someday

want

> to move the CNC system onto a full sized Bridgeport later on.
>
> Thanks in advance for your generous help!
>
> Earl White
> eewhite4@k...