Handwheel Readouts?

[Mike Heidrick]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e169/BloomingtonMike/readouts.jpg

Where do you get devices like you see below the handwheels on the TS29? How do you buy them - by thread or size or what? What are they called?

[Van Huskey]

Looks like what I would call a rotating shaft counter, but I have never seen direct reading ones, though these don't look like they do either. The ones I have seen count tenths of a revolution but I haven't seen ones that look like they would be an easy retrofit for this application, but you may be able to find something.

[Mike Heidrick]

remote reading would be even better. Any links Van?

[Van Huskey]

remote reading would be even better. Any links Van?


No, I meant direct reading as in the readout displays inches or mm etc. I don't have any links but bet you could see what I was talking about at Mcmaster Carr etc just search rotating shaft counter. It may get you a start but I haven't seen them with threads just shafts...

[Mike Heidrick]

I found Siko - Awesome stuff. They make handwheels too - I wonder if I can retrofit my T1002S!

[Van Huskey]

Those look very cool!

[Jerry Bruette]

We have these on some machines at work. I could look Monday and give you a name and possibly a supplier.

They only read in tenths and full revolutions of the shaft. The thread size and TPI doesn't matter but you'll need a section of straight shaft to mount them on.

Jerry

[Scot wolf]

Mike, Search Position Indicators.

http://www.jwwinco.com/products/section5/#position-indicators

I've used Siko's
http://www.sikoproducts.com/product/286/DA09S-digital-position-indicator


And made a few of my own
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Z-Axis-Digital-Read-Out/

[joe milana]

I've got one on my shaper, but don't find it all that useful. Soon to be replaced with a pro scale. I believe it reads in 1/100 of an inch. Sounds accurate enough, but for things like setting the height on cope & stick cutters, it's quite inadequate.