Weiss WMD 30LV Milling Machine DRO Installation

Using the mill to create accurate parts for your projects is really nice. Although the handwheel dials on all three axis of the machine offers good accuracy, it’s not comparable to a DRO.

I wanted to add a DRO to my mill for quite some time now; this finally became reality! The DRO was gifted to me from a friend and supporter of the channel who wishes to remain anonymous.

In this video I will show the sizes and the lengths of the glass scales I chose for my mill, the brackets I’ve make for the sensors as well as a couple necessary fixes in order for everything to fit properly and run smoothly.

I hope this video will give some extra help to any novice machinists (like me) who wish to add a DRO to their milling machine.

All the best
Jimmy
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Mounting instructions for the KA linear scales

[Ukenick]

As usual, fantastic workmanship and attention to detail. Thank you for putting so much hard work in explaining everything. Amazing work.

[KonstantinosKalleris]

Μπράβο Δημήτρη, άψογος!
Άντε, και στα επόμενα!

[russellhayward]

Another Informative video. Thanks Jimmy. 🙂

[bobuk]

Hi Dimitris. Apologies for not being able to do this in your native language. You may want to revisit the Y axis sensor mounting. Those two 6mm tapped holes on the cross slide are almost certainly intended to be where two screw in oil nipples should have been installed by the factory. Ideally you would need to try pumping some way oil in through them and see if it shows up on the sliding surfaces. It may be that the proper oil passages were never machined which would be an oversight by the manufacturer. If I am right, and I may not be, it should be easy enough to fix, just drill some more holes of your own but do think where the internal oil passages may be.

[evilgremlin]

You can very easily disassemble and cut down these glass scales. Also be ready, i've have to fix bad solder job on encoder LEDs in 2 of my scales.