Warco DRO lathe upgrade, Finished!

I've owned a Warco 300/2 lathe for over 20 years but recently my time using it has increased. So my mind has turned to doing a few upgrades on it to make it a little more usable. This series of videos shows how I fitted both scales/read heads to the lathe and the mounting of the display unit. I only went for the 5 micron scales as I think in my case that would be fine for the work I do on the lathe, that and the fact the 1 micron scales are harder to get in the UK without being shipped from abroad and are twice the price. The DRO display unit cost me £87 and the scales were around £50 each. Keep a look out for the other parts of this series and for the video where I shortened the scales length on the X axis.

The project is just about finished. I need to do a little more cable management then learn to how to use the DRO to its fullest extent. A follow-up video may be made!

Link to my scale shortening https://youtu.be/vse52X4FcSc Xcelite metric set https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/hex-keys/0614889 Link to the propelling pencils https://amzn.to/3oLgazZ Link to Saxon wood and metal cutting blades from Amazon, a good replacement for the Evolution blades: Wood https://amzn.to/3jaW1Rt Aluminium https://amzn.to/3LqwQWF Ebay scale link https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393438411684?var=662264473546 Ebay DRO display https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324876012685

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