Kinda tough call on an FP1 since the usual straight bracket below the Y hand wheel seems too low as far as line of sight, operations and potential chips flying.... so tried a curved bracket normally meant for a lathe headstock mounted on the left side but curving over to the right. I thought it turned out so well I'm wondering what I must be missing ! Especially considering there just happened to be some tapped holes for the Y axis scale reader head that fit the bracket already.
All I can see wrong with it is if you have Y all the way back to zero position it's a little difficult to get a wrench in to tighten the horizontal drawbar.....but just takes two seconds to crank the Y forward a bit to solve that issue..... Thoughts ?
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And FWIW, in real life the clarity of the 300S is just as good, if not better than, the last photo in all the photos...just something about digital cameras don't see it the same way the human eye does. And unlike the monochrome 200S, the 300 is perfectly clear at more extreme view angles.
And note rather than my usual soldering the DSub connectors directly to the original cables, this time I bit the bullet and ordered the official adapter cables....since they cost less than half the outrageous price of Heidenhain adapter cables....still too much, but tolerable considering the saved labor.
All I can see wrong with it is if you have Y all the way back to zero position it's a little difficult to get a wrench in to tighten the horizontal drawbar.....but just takes two seconds to crank the Y forward a bit to solve that issue..... Thoughts ?
And FWIW, in real life the clarity of the 300S is just as good, if not better than, the last photo in all the photos...just something about digital cameras don't see it the same way the human eye does. And unlike the monochrome 200S, the 300 is perfectly clear at more extreme view angles.
And note rather than my usual soldering the DSub connectors directly to the original cables, this time I bit the bullet and ordered the official adapter cables....since they cost less than half the outrageous price of Heidenhain adapter cables....still too much, but tolerable considering the saved labor.