Digital readouts

[CalumParticipant @calumgalleitch87969]

I don't want or need to go full DRO on my lathe, but I do want to be able to drill holes with a cross-drilling fixture in the cross-slide into a workpiece held in the lathe. These things seem ideal for the job and should be more than accurate enough:

Warco, whose picture above I have, ahem, borrowed, are sold out of the 1000mm length ones and I can't find one anywhere else at close to the price. eBay doesn't seem to have such a thing under £130, and Aliexpress has something a good bit cheaper but with extraordinary shipping costs. Can anyone suggest cheaper options?

(I know I probably don't need a 1000mm slide on a ~1m bed, but it will look tidier and give me more options for mounting, and, well, easier to make a long thing shorter than a short thing long)

[CalumParticipant @calumgalleitch87969]

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

How about MDRO

[DC31kParticipant @dc31k]

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Measurement/Digital-Readouts-with-Dedicated-Remote-Display/Digital-Readout-Bars-with-Dedicated-Remote-Display

[Paul LousickParticipant @paullousick59116]

Lots of previous posts about readouts.

They work OK BUT do not last. I had to replace the ones on my mill 3 times after they failed. Now have a decent set of scales made by Easson.

[HuubParticipant @huub]

I use these scales (from igaging) on my mill for several years now and they are OK. However, these scales are not swarf or water proof. So I made a "protective" cover to protect against swarf (I don't use coolant on the mill)

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Posted by Huub on 22/03/2022 23:51:35:

I use these scales (from igaging) on my mill for several years now and they are OK. However, these scales are not swarf or water proof. So I made a "protective" cover to protect against swarf (I don't use coolant on the mill)

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[Stuart Smith 5Participant @stuartsmith5]

Arcurotrade sell these. I have 3 of them on my Warco mill. (As per the link from DC31k earlier).

I found the display a bit small so built an adapter to use the TouchDRO app on a cheap Android tablet for the display.

Stuart

[DC31kParticipant @dc31k]

Posted by Stuart Smith 5 on 23/03/2022 10:33:37:

I found the display a bit small…

Any thoughts whether something like this could serve as an alternative to your solution?

[HOWARDTParticipant @howardt]

Need good protection to minimise swarf ingress, depending on lathe it may be very close to cutting point. I had one on my mill, lasted about twelve months then readout was all over the place even though well covered.

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