Re: Chinese to Quadrature conversion

I just put the third scale on the knee of my turret mill. This way I can lower the knee for long tool changes and leave the quill retracted for best rigidity. Maybe both the knee and then the quill with a Chinese scale. Other wise good luck.

Chris f

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Mack" <peterbmack@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone have a solution for converting the output of chinese caliper/scales to standard quadrature output, so I can plug a chinese scale into a DRO?
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> I've got QCC-100's to go Glass Quadrature output to Chinese output but haven't found a solution for the reverse.
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> I want to add a caliper as the quill encoder on a turret mill. The glass scales get in the way of the quill stop, but I can squeeze a cut down caliper up above. The mill already has a 3 Axis DRO and glass scales on X and Y.
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> Peter
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