Hightower Mid-size conversion

I went with Chris's Dial gauges and they work just fine. I haven;t looked at mine for some time but maybe if yer not into machining them, the mounts could be adapted for a digital. Just guessing here. Chris could tell you and maybe help too.

Have a look at Dano's digital gauge on his lathe. He would probably give you a hand with specs if you PMed him.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=385662

I wouldn't go with anything that cheap from China.

When it comes to cue lathes, tools and Doo Dads, yes, I am a Doo Dad addict, I tend to buy the best that I can find, within reason.

I bought a moisture meter and a spare fish finder for my wife for ice fishing from China.

Neither were worth the card board box that they had sent them in.

Hahaha. The moisture meter took an unreal amount of batteries and would burn out after one or 2 testings.

Yep, I learnded my lessons early on cheap Chinois products. (French for Chinese).

Also, there are a multitude of lathe bed clamps that are used on the bottom of steady rests, for example. Perhaps you can find one that can be modified to suit your need.

Todd at Mid America is a good guy to ask also. He has been known to go that extra mile for customers as well.

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Chris actually sells what your looking for you can find it here https://www.cuesmith.com/lathe-accessories-and-tools.html And by the way I have bought both of the them and they work great.

Joe

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You can go to harbour freight they have a dro dial indicator ---I swap it out with the dial ones when I use either one --got tired of trying to read the dial and figure it out --so I did the dro that way. Here it is http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=digital+read+out+dial+indicator

Joe

A DRO will run about $500 minimum and it would require some modification on your part to install it on the Hightower lathe.
The big thing to overcome is the headstock that is movable.
If it were stationary or if you never will slide it around then I dont see any other problems to overcome to put a DRO on the Hightower lathe.

Willee

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http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=312072&highlight=Taig+based+mods&page=2