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I have this sitting on my dining table (AKA "the crappy table where we do stuff that would damage the good table" :) ) Today, as I heading to work, my wife pointed to it, and recited a famous quote from "The Art of War": "If you know the enemy competition and know yourself, you need not fear...

I've mentioned before that I'm working on a "Plus" version of TouchDRO. Eventually it will be a paid upgrade on top of the current TouchDRO version, but for the foreseeable future it will be available as a "bundled upgrade" with a purchase of a TouchDRO adapter (not sure it this will be just the...

Hi All, A few years back I completed the DRO installation on my mill by adding the Z Axis to the head, that is my mill is a bed style where the head raises and lowers not the knee or table. However, I found it not be as useful or at least user friendly as I thought, mainly due to the fine...

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I recently got a three axis DRO from Ebay. The Z axis either is preoccupied and won't read the scale, or it is simply broken. Since I just got it and have never seen it work properly, I'm not sure which? Posting this in the hopes someone can look at the output and recognize what is...

Greetings, Family is coming in an hour for the Christmas Eve dinner, but I figured I can slip in a quick project status update. This week I wrapped up a big chunk of work related to the Saved Tool Offset Memory and dealing with tools offset in general. I ended up completely re-doing a lot of...

The value of a DRO is amazingly high in terms of saving time but the cost of a DRO has always bothered me since they are very simple devices. I tried and failed to make one few years ago, this time I had better luck. I have a big role of the fridge magnet material so I can make them up to...

I'm having some issues on the DRO on the spindle of my PM-25MV mill. First, I'm seeing a backlash issue. When I lower the spindle using either the fine control or the handles, I see the DRO increase as it should. When, I reverse direction and raise the spindle, it takes 4 or more thousandths...

Hi guys. First time poster here. I wanted to share my experience regarding the G0768 since there is very little online about it. I am hoping this will help somebody else tackle these issues. All in all, I am at very happy with my modifications. I realize that in order to turn the wooden fly...

I'm working on the DRO for my Enco branded mill drill. Yep, there's a dozen posts out there for people doing the same, but the pictures are not always that great, and many chose the magnetic scales, not glass, so I wanted to get some pics out there and ask some questions. X-axis is about as...

Hi guy! I have a G0781 that I have upgraded to a belt drive. I recently purchased a nice set of glass linear scales for a 3 axis DRO. I went with the glass scales over the magnetic as I found that they should be much more accurate (unless they get dirty inside). The price wasn’t too bad and it...

Just finished a Harbor Freight $10 caliper DRO using an Arduino Nano for the computer horsepower. It mounts on the cross slide of my Grizzly G4000 lathe. This version has a feature that measures the Diameter of the workpiece in addition to the ordinary X-position. No more stopping to make...

Hello everyone. I am brand spanking new to the site and am hoping someone can help me out. I need to add a DRO to my Rong Fu RF31 mill/drill. I am a knifemaker and bladesmith and am working on a new folder design and think that a DRO would make my life a whole bunch simpler. Here is a little...

Now that my recently-acquired mini-mill is up and running, I've started using it to make the mounting hardware for digital scales. I'll be installing a full set of Shars scales and using Yuriy Krushelnytskiy's "TouchDRO" hardware and Android app. I've already set up my Logan Model 200 lathe...

Hello everyone, I am developing a new attachment for Bridgeport mills. I am in the early days, and have a handful of prototypes, and would like to request some feedback on my new tool. I am not asking for funds, donations, etc, but will give you the tool, in exchange for some feedback. Send me...

Here is a link to a coupla pix of my just-completed LMS5500 mill and DRO install. http://www.avrdev.net/newmill/ This was quite an adventure! First I'd like to give a shout-out to the DRO vendor in the UK: http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/ and a link to the actual package I got...

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with this UK Company ( Machine-DRO.co.uk ) - just passing info along. I've found a 3-axis DRO package with magnetic scales for roughly $600USD... about half of what DRO-PROs charge! Here is the 3-axis kit: http://bit.ly/2r5YGNH It is being shipped from UK tomorrow...

Just got notice my 5500 is on the way - should be here (NJ) next week. My previous mill had a 3-axis DRO. Since the 5500 has the quill "dro" built in - I'm wondering if you are finding it t be adequate... accurate, etc. Maybe I can get away with a 2-Axis DRO and save a few bux - but would...

Hi, new to the forum and looking to get into machining. For now looking and learning, I am hoping to get a new or used mill in the near future. Ultimately, I would like it to be CNC, be it a machine that comes with it or a package I install down the road. My question is if you have a CNC...

I bought a 3 axis and 2 axis DRO setup from the same seller on eBay. I would have bought them from someone more local, if I could have afforded to. I'm actually very pleased with the units, for the most part. Although the 2 axis display and 3 axis display are completely different from each...