You may want to see what dropros.com offers.
They have units with magnetic scale that can be cut to length and fit in tight spaces.
Lathe DRO question
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Re: Lathe DRO question
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: Lathe DRO question
If you want to play with electronics and get a decent dro then look at touch dro
You can buy igauging scales or even cheap glass scales on Amazon. And buy the transmitter or roll your own.
The screen is any android phone or tablet easy to source second hand
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You can buy igauging scales or even cheap glass scales on Amazon. And buy the transmitter or roll your own.
The screen is any android phone or tablet easy to source second hand
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Re: Lathe DRO question
Bill Shields wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:21 am You may want to see what dropros.com offers.
They have units with magnetic scale that can be cut to length and fit in tight spaces.
Also, DRO Pros has some good videos that go into quite a bit of detail on installing a DRO, especially mounting the scales. Only thing is that lathe in their videos is probably one heck of a lot cleaner than our lathes.
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Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
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Nah ..I cleaned most of the chips from mine before the pictures were taken
Too many things going on to bother listing them.