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Dear Philip, that's a great question. There are three basic types of digital readout packages, mainly based on the type of linear scales used. Some readouts are more "up to date" than others. In order to determine which "package" you need for your mill, you should provide the make, model and table size of your mill. Example, a standard Bridgeport mill w/ a 9x42 table receives a 12x30 package...or an Acu-Rite 13x32 with Bridgeport bracketry. You can contact me directly for additional questions. Good luck and be careful, there are many very inexpensive ads out there...you get you pay for...is good advise.
What are you wanting to get out of the DRO? What sort of resolutions? What is your budget? What sort of tolerances are you wanting to work with?
Mostly trying to figure out is there something to absolutely avoid? Is there some feature that is MUST HAVE (Besides absolute/incremental/tool offsets)? Etc.
Alot of what you are asking is going to be preference. Some hobby guys want just a positioning system that tells them where they are at, can zero, and inch/mm. Some expect these to be basically CNC controllers.
Basically a positioning system. Hole patterns would be nice. The mill cost me $350 at auction I'm hesitant to spend north of $1500 on a DRO... I believe a cheap ebay import DRO is calling my name. Thanks.
philip
Basically a positioning system. Hole patterns would be nice. The mill cost me $350 at auction I'm hesitant to spend north of $1500 on a DRO... I believe a cheap ebay import DRO is calling my name. Thanks.
philip
Dear Philip, that's a great question. There are three basic types of digital readout packages, mainly based on the type of linear scales used. Some readouts are more "up to date" than others. In order to determine which "package" you need for your mill, you should provide the make, model and table size of your mill. Example, a standard Bridgeport mill w/ a 9x42 table receives a 12x30 package...or an Acu-Rite 13x32 with Bridgeport bracketry. You can contact me directly for additional questions. Good luck and be careful, there are many very inexpensive ads out there...you get you pay for...is good advise.
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