Comments on: Installing DRO’s on the lathe http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/ Adventures in gun building! Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Chuck http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-19225 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:48:20 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-19225 I am still here. I did not take apart the carriage, instead I just made a tool using an allen wrench and a piece of flat stock to allow me to lock the carriage. It was a great deal easier. As for the creep I tried cheap dro’s and changed over to a better unit.

]]> By: Mauri Hakala http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-19068 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:25:07 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-19068 Hi!
Are You still there ? Sorry for my bad English. I found these pages when searching help for DRO assembly. My lathe is very similar to yours,
I imported it from Taiwan (Frejoth FA900GH )long ago, maybe 1983. Some years ago I fitted it with those cheap digital scales. They work well but are not stable and I must check the dimension every while as they creep.

I have a set of Glass Scale DRO waiting for assembly.

Now my question,
the carriage lock, it’s on the way. If I shorten the bolt and make a new nut and special wrench, I might get the lock working.
CAN THE BOLT BE REMOVED AND REPLACED ( for machining ) without disassembling the whole carriage+saddle unit ??

Regards
Mauri Hakala
Finnland

]]> By: Chuck http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-360 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:39:19 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-360 Thank you Harry. I hope to have a few more this weekend. Then we will be starting on the next part. With no blueprints and not an original here to look at it has been a challenge. A fun one to be sure.

]]> By: Harry Connors http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-359 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:19:08 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-359 I look forward to each and every post on this project, thanks Harry

]]> By: Chuck http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-357 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:06:40 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-357 The biggest problem is the amount of work on each one. We have actually completed the next two ops on them and are now cutting out the notches for the lock in. Ian is coming up soon to help me with the video’s that we took. I hope to be completed with this s psrt by next week.

]]> By: Nirvana http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-356 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:21:26 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-356 Its amazing that these barrel supports are turning out to be the hardest part to make. I would not have guessed that.

]]> By: Harry Connors http://gunlab.net/installing-dros-on-the-lathe/#comment-338 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:19:46 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=323#comment-338 It looks like you now have it under control, thanks for the undated. Harry

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