lazer pointers for mill alignment

lazer pointers for mill alignment

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26 August 2009 at 09:00 #43103
ian weeks 1
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dear All, I seem to remember reading an article on using Lazer pointers to align milling machine heads I have found the one in mew no79 but this is not the one I remember as it uses a lazer from maplin whilst I seem to remember one using a cheap hand held pointer and modifying the hole -is my memory playing tricks thanks Ian
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26 August 2009 at 09:00 #4748
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26 August 2009 at 09:10 #43104
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Hi

Often you can buy a laser level from a pound shop. This attached to the side of the mill column and aligned to a mark on the ceiling provides an accurate aligning point for the mill head.

As a by product it shows the stability of the mill when running
26 August 2009 at 15:11 #43111
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There was a bit in ME a few years ago,i shoul try one myself as they are only about NZ$2 here,less than £1,can’t remember the date of the artical but I think it was post 2000.The one in ME fitted in the chuck and used for centering.IAN S.C.
28 August 2009 at 08:04 #43148
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Thanks for the information -this all came about when I was tidting the work shop and found a laser pointer I had started to modify and neverr finished -always the case- will now try and finish the job-ian
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