Quill DRO on Sieg Super X3

Quill DRO on Sieg Super X3

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13 January 2015 at 15:24 #175893
Bill Dawes
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Hi all, my depth readout started to behave erratically, replaced batteries, cleaned exposed section of bar and eventually disconnected and pulled it out to clean.

A flat copper spring fell out and I could not see where it came from, tried the gauge without it and for a while seemed to cure the problem.

However now still no good, reset it to zero but when the quill is moved the gauge jumps to all sorts of measurements.

I partially removed the front cover to see if that would enable me to remove the DRO but could not get it completely off.

Any ideas how to fix this?

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Bill D.
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13 January 2015 at 15:24 #12408
Bill Dawes
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13 January 2015 at 15:43 #175896
Michael Cox 1
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Hi Bill,

The spring provides tension against the steel sliding bar.

The fifth photo in this page about a dro shows the position of the spring, see:

http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/mill-z-axis-dro.html

I hope this helps.

Mike
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