simple X2 handwheel dial mod

[isaac338]

I got pretty frustrated with the dials on the handwheels rotating around on their own with the vibration of the machine and ruining my measurements, so I took the wheel apart to try and bend the spring slightly more round to give it some more tension, and of course I dropped it and it disappeared into the depths of the shop floor.

This was my solution: drilled a hole right by the 15 mark, tapped it M4x0.7, and threaded in a small socket head cap screw. The knurls on the head of the screw make it easy to tighten and loosen by hand, and it's a positive lock so that dial ain't going anywhere. I find having it by the 15 mark is the perfect position to get your hands in when the dial is set to 0.

Sorry for the crappy picture - all I have is a camera phone.



You could probably make it better by making something that would be fastened to the non-moving part of the wheel so the clamp screw would always be in the same place - it'd save fiddling with unscrewing it when the 15 mark is right at the bottom. But for the 15 minutes this took I think it's good.

[Crevice Reamer]

Hi isaac338. Welcome to the Zone!

That's a nice emergency fix. Well done! Photo is not too shabby for a cell phone.

CR.

[The Blight]

Nice fix, and nice picture of your foot I bet your cellphone can take some nice pictures if you can get it to focus on what your taking a picture of.

[cota]

Originally Posted by Crevice Reamer Hi isaac338. Welcome to the Zone! CR.

In case you didn't notice, he's been a member far longer than you, just not
as full of blah, blah, blah.

Welcome to the Zone by the way!

[isaac338]

Originally Posted by The Blight Nice fix, and nice picture of your foot I bet your cellphone can take some nice pictures if you can get it to focus on what your taking a picture of.

Yeah, I wear slippers in the shop. Sue me. haha.

I just need a real damn camera.

[The Blight]

Haha don't need to sue you, just throw some brass chips on your foot, and your screwed I once had slippers on in the shop too, but my teacher told me to go change :P

The picture looks good enough, and I can see that it takes clear pictures once it has found something to focus on.