Bill Hudson Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I had a need to be able to accurately measure the depth of holes drilled on my Sherline mill. I could purchase DRO or such but they are expensive and it would take a week or so to get one here. My solutions was to repurpose a mount I made for fitting a Unimat head stock and column on my Sherline lathe for indexing carriage hubs for spokes. I split the mount in to a smaller width and added a plate to extend the body away from the hand wheel. A 3/8" hole as drilled vertically between the plate and the body to serve as a clamp to hold a dial indicator. The indicator tip rides on the top of the head stock and as the headstock is raised or lowered it reflects the movement on the dial. I also have a long stemmed dial that fits. I have not tried it but I feel this will also work on my lathe. It is not pretty at this time just useful. When time happens I can clean and polish it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeezerMama Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 This is a good tip! Thanks. We do something similar on the Bridgeport - it has a DRO but only X-Y, so precisely measuring Z is difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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