Dave Richards
09-26-2005, 11:33 AM
Expert advice or at least a few shots from the hip requested.
After seeing the thread about the Wixey DRO a week or so back, I bit and ordered one for my Ridgid planer. Yesterday I installed it. Cool add-on for the planer. That's for sure.
I went out to the shop a few minutes ago (playing hookie today. :D ) and noticed the foam tape is coming loose from the planer. I did use a degreaser and cleaned up the planer case before installing the DRO but the tape is clearly not going to hold this thing on.
While installing this thing yesterday I looked carefully at installing screws but the moving part of the planer runs up just inside the plastic cover and there's no clearance for a screw in there.
Any ideas of how I can mount this more securely? Has anyone mounted one of these DROs on a Ridgid planer already? Any help would be appreciated. TIA.
Dave
After seeing the thread about the Wixey DRO a week or so back, I bit and ordered one for my Ridgid planer. Yesterday I installed it. Cool add-on for the planer. That's for sure.
I went out to the shop a few minutes ago (playing hookie today. :D ) and noticed the foam tape is coming loose from the planer. I did use a degreaser and cleaned up the planer case before installing the DRO but the tape is clearly not going to hold this thing on.
While installing this thing yesterday I looked carefully at installing screws but the moving part of the planer runs up just inside the plastic cover and there's no clearance for a screw in there.
Any ideas of how I can mount this more securely? Has anyone mounted one of these DROs on a Ridgid planer already? Any help would be appreciated. TIA.
Dave