hello all, I am buying my first mill in the next week. it is a j head bridgeport. It does not have a dro on it, but i want one pretty bad so i can do some more accurate machining. what product would you reccomend? or do you have a spare one kicking around at a good price? I have been looking on ebay just to get an idea, and most everything is chinese. I would rather have an american made one but will go china type if its all i can afford. i would appreciate any input on this.
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DRO decision
- Thread starter dcheff
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I have two of them, Luv them. picked the second one up from dropros in person. Got to go in back and check out the inventory. And had ALL my questions answered. I would buy another one from them in a heart beat!
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I have a Newall on my mill, and a SINO on the lathe. The Sino is pretty cheap at various outlets. I have had it for a few yrs now, and has given me no troubles. The Newall was very pricey, and would most likely replace it with a offshore DRO if it ever craps out.
I have a Sino bought from CDCO and have had it for about six months now. It works great and the price was right. I worked for a company that excusively purchased Newalls for machine tools and for their rolling machines. They were bullet proof withstanding years of service and abuse by operators. I am not in the price range for those units.
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I bought a 3 axis EL400 from DRO PROS for my small mill. Top grade product. Great support from those guys too!
Just installed a DROPRO EL400L with magnetic scales on my JET GH-1340. Doing the first real turning today. So far I'm very satisfied. Only thing is the loss of 1-1/4" space between the cross slide and the tailstock. But, it's about the minimum loss you can get with an add-on magnetic scale. Wish they would have provided the drill extension and the socked drive tap wrench shown in the videos, or at least the source. They were really necessary on my installation. I made my own.
Ken
Ken