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not quite as fancy as Charlie's DTI setup, but I found some sites describing how to repurpose digital tire depth gauges as a poorman's DRO. Cost about $10 total and has ~50mm travel on each axis. It's made the world of difference to using my lathe!
I have another one sitting in its packet to attach to the tail stock once I've finished making a drill chuck arbor. Only downside so far is that one of the gauges has a rather aggressive power saving feature, so it needs to be jiggled occasionally to stop it turning off.
I have another one sitting in its packet to attach to the tail stock once I've finished making a drill chuck arbor. Only downside so far is that one of the gauges has a rather aggressive power saving feature, so it needs to be jiggled occasionally to stop it turning off.