[acondit]

I got the encoder carrier redesigned. Now it has slots for slides on both sides and it will clear the gib adjusting screws on the cross-slide.

I got some 3/8 x 3/8 ground stock to mount the encoder strip. I am going to machine a couple of delrin plugs so that chips can't enter the ends of the square tube. Then I have to fasten the encoder strip to the 3/8 x 3/8 spacer. Then I will have the first tube done. I want to hook it up to the DRO and test it before I mount it on the lathe.

Then I still have to cut the slot in the Z-axis tube, put the Z-axis all together and mount everything on the lathe.

Alan