Quote Originally Posted by BillTodd View Post
The scale is (I think) just a PCB in (another guess) a sinusoidal shape. A source of the scale 'tape' would be VERY useful; It could be just stuck to the side of a mill table, for instance, and be read by a close fitting head (no bulky scale of PITA fixings).
Is it possible they fit them to stainless because it is non-magnetic?

I remember, back in my days as digitizer tech support, the manufacturer accidentally printed a menu overlay for a capacitive tablet using conductive ink. Oops-Splatt :heehee:

I got the impression that the technology wasn't friendly if messed with.

Did you try insulating the scale then sticking a cap to ground to de-jitter it? They don't seem to bother much with decoupling.

Robin