Originally Posted by Runner4404spd Well guys i'm stuck again. i need to figure out a way to indicate the end of the tube and its past my travel point on my mill. any help here would be appreciated.
thanks
Jerry |
You could use a dog bone(solid standard piece of scrap) to place on your tube that will catch the end , but put a reference surface within the reach of your mill travels. The length of the piece does not need to be precision other than how well you can measure it. If it ends up 3.4567, who cares. Just use that to calculate the actual move. As long as the important surfaces are square and parallel, you're good to go.
Look at what Miljnor posted. If you can hook that short leg over the end of the tube and use that dimension of the long leg for your reference to compensate actual travel, it should be reasonably close to indicating from the end. Same for your right end other than having to straddle the support there.
DC