$50 Tool, Destroyed! - Installing a DRO on a Small Lathe

Today we're installing a DRO Pros EL400 magnetic DRO kit on the Grizzly G0602 benchtop lathe. Installing a DRO on a small lathe can be very challenging, but I have an elegant solution that I think is going to work. It will require machining the saddle and apron and modifying the scales, but it should be well worth it in the end.

And it had better be, because in the process, I had an accident and destroyed a $50 end mill. By being dumb.

This is the DRO Pros EL400 kit I'm using:

DRO Pros 2-Axis Lathe Kit: https://www.dropros.com/Electronica_Lathe_Digital_Readout.htm

Tools used in this video:
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Raw Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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00:53 The Plan
04:00 Disassembling the Lathe
06:29 Fixturing the Saddle in the Mill
07:23 Machining the Saddle
10:13 Machining the Apron
12:41 Drilling and Tapping the Cross Slide
14:18 Mystery Operations
15:46 Squaring the X Bracket Stock
17:11 Machining the X Bracket
20:41 Deep Slotting
21:59 Hogging out the Final Shape
24:35 Hypnotic Deburring Footage
25:30 Wrap

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