Leblond lathe gets a DRO part two - Y axis

       Saw where some kits have a mounting plate like this for installing on as cast surfaces. Made my own out of aluminum flat.

 Scale needs to be aligned with the sensor heads path. These plates give adjustment for this.

Painted the mount gold as I did not have any gray. X axis scale is .00005" resolution and Y .0002".   Go this from  http://www.drokits.com/
Very pleased with it.

Leblond lathe gets a DRO part one - X axis

                                   X axis glass scale alignment check. 

 Sensor mount clears taper attachment. Scale would just fit under the cover and this way is protected and leaves room for the follow rest. Real glad it would fit like this and got the low profile scale for this purpose.

                                                           Testing