SST - Mini Mill & Lathe Tramming System - Tram, Align, & Square for Machine Calibration - for Angular Misalignment - Precise & Powerful - 0.001” Dial Indicators - Designed in The USA

Really nice been in the trade almost 50 years

Works great when tramming your CNC to perfection. I chased a problem with my CNC for a year. This tool helped me locate and fix the problem.

Did exactly what it said it would do.

Would have gotten 5 stars if it had even a cheap plastic case, but no case at all.

Purchased to tram my X-Carve CNC and worked well for that task. In conjunction with some brass shims I was able to get it calibrated and running great. The build quality is excellent and it was easy to use. Definitely better than my prior 3D printed setup I was trying to use.

I've struggled with using a dial indicator to level the head on my Sherline 2000 for the 7 years I've had it. X-axis was easy but not Y. I don't think I ever did get it down to a thousandth or 2, but with this, after I'd calibrated the two dial indicators (which are very nice ones) I had both axes well within a thousandth - dead nuts so to speak.Shipping was a bit of a stitch. SST is located 4 blocks north of my shop, which I didn't know until I looked them up. My tramming tool traveled all over south Florida on its way to me, but still arrived timely.It doesn't look like SST makes anything else I need, but I'll keep an eye on them. This is clearly a well thought out, well designed, well made and well packaged instrument. And their graphics are pretty nice too. And no, I don't work for them.

I love this tool. I used it to tram out my CNC router. It was very accurate and helped me check my new router waste board once I milled it down. Helped clean up spots where my CNC was cutting deeper to level out my carvings. I highly recommend this tool. It is very simple to use and help you diagnose carving issues with my machine.

Its not often I write a review...and those rare exceptions are products that really knock one out of the park! Machine tram is one of those things that can make a huge difference in the parts you make but doesn't directly make you any money. With no direct profits, having a cheap and painless way to check it and get back to making parts is what I was looking for.There is a number of products on the market that have a fairly similar basic design to this one...The decision to go with this particular one was originally based on its price-point being more attractive than the other options. Having now used this on a number of machines, I love it! The main unit is well made (as expected with any piece of metrology equipment) and all the text crisp and easy to read...which leads to the real feature this one has compared to other units i've tried. Other similar tools all have the indicators set at a fixed width, while this unit has multiple spots the indicators can spaced at. The ability to move them in closer has been great, it allows me to use this on the lathe or to quickly check my smaller precision vises that other have just been too big for. After using some of the closer indicator holes a few times, i'm confused why other manufactures opted to not build this into their offerings? I'll likely buy a 2nd one soon just to keep at home so I don't have to remember to grab the shop one.