Re: Adding DRO to my SB vertical mill
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I'm not sure I'd bet on that, Sam. I'm using a button based DRO on the lathe at school, and it's survived years there. I've been using it on and off for very nearly 7 years, and it was old when I started using it. I've gone through over a dozen tablet computers, and even more cell phones in that time. Though the DRO's the school uses are in the $2K range, not the couple or three hundred dollars the ones Mike suggested are. I'm going to be looking at them pretty carefully, too.
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On Sunday, January 2, 2022, 10:56:54 PM CST, Sam <i.am.sam.sam.i.am2008@gmail.com> wrote:
i have known many who install from "DRO Pros" and they are happy with them. touch screens may be more long lasting than buttons, but I would still choose the buttons. On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 11:18 PM mike allen <animal@psln.com> wrote: Seems a lot of folks are buying the ToAuto ones from Amazon . Those are probably the one that I will buy when I get to that stage . Just make sure when you order you verify the length's you want . animal On 1/2/2022 8:08 PM, Nick Andrews wrote: So I'm thinking that while the challenge of full manual operation with the dials can be a lot of fun, sometimes the added features of a DRO would make life a whole lot easier. But I don't want to spend more than I paid for the machine, so am thinking of trying one of the $300-600 units. Anyone have advice on which might be good or more important, to avoid? And if the tft touch screen type is more usable than the old style discrete buttons type?
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