With the scale mounted on the left side of the head it does not interfere with any of the front controls
or the factory scale.









I built a bracket from 1/4" steel that bolts to the bottom of the quill housing.
I had to remove the quill housing cover to drill and tap three mounting holes.
The steel bracket arm raises and lowers as the quill is moved.










Looking from the bottom you can see how I attached the 1/4" steel bracket.








The bracket is for the reader head to attach to. Once this was built and squared up
I built brackets to attach the glass scale to.




The bracket is made from 1/4" steel. I turned the round part on my lathe and welded
the arm to it. The arm is 1/4" x  1" wide. I heated the arm to make the bend.

More Building Pictures

The back of the Grizzly G6760 quill has a set screw that must be removed before unscrewing
the lower quill housing. The quill has to be lowered to see this screw.





The bottom of the quill cover has two small holes. These holes are for a special wrench
to stick into that allows you to unscrew the housing.
I used two pins that fit the holes and two large screwdrivers to loosen the housing.




Quill lower housing removed
When reinstalling the housing line up the set screw indent.






This picture shows the first of three holes I drilled and tapped.
I was careful not to disturb the two factory holes already in place.







Three holes drilled and tapped




The first bracked I made was from 3/16" steel. It was easier to work with and allowed me to
make sure this idea was going to work. Once I saw that everything worked I used this as a pattern
to make a bracket from 1/4" steel.





I mounted an aluminum block for the scale to bolt to.
I could not drill and tap the mouting screws from the bottom so I had
to remove the top portion of the mill head. I then drilled down and tapped
two holes for the block to bolt to. This was a lot of work but there was
no way around this. I was also carefull not to drill into the oil port.
I drilled on each side of it.




This picture shows how the arm is bent





Scale bolted to aluminum block





I used two pieces of 1/4" angle iron to make the bottom bracket
for attaching the scale. I also had to drill and tap a hole in the
side of the mill. I picked a spot were I would not drill into any
existing holes.

Completed!!