DRO on my new PM 1236

outsider347

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Finally installed the PM supplied DRO on my new 1236.
Reading the supplied operators manual.......how to use is about clear as mud

Wondering if there might be a better guide available?

To answer the question, Yes I'm old
Tks
 
PM sells Easson Brands DROs. You can go to http://www.dropros.com/ and look at their Lathe DROs. Find the one that looks like yours. They have a lot of free instructional information on their website that may answer some of your questions.
 
PM sells Easson Brands DROs. You can go to http://www.dropros.com/ and look at their Lathe DROs. Find the one that looks like yours. They have a lot of free instructional information on their website that may answer some of your questions.

They sell PM branded DROs & Easson DROs. Easson was $200-300 more than the PM branded ones. I'm assuming the PM ones are re-branded Chinese DRO. I was actually on the phone with Matt today & asked him the difference. Mostly it's the display, Easson has a PC type display with rendered graphics, the PM one is just a multi-segment LED like on your microwave that only displays numbers.
 
I have a PM DRO on my 1640, its a no name DRO with PM on it. I know I could have bought a similar DRO on aliexpress or epay and saved a lot of money. I went for customer service. The cross slide scale is very slim, I have .0001" resolution on diameter of cross slide and it measures exactly as it cuts. I can hold 2 tenths all day long with out trying, probably hold a tenth if I was more careful, pretty nice for $400. I would do it again in a heartbeat. If I was running flood coolant I would be tempted to go magnetic, but the cost seems a bit much. For those not interested in bad manuals, questionable customer support buying from Matt is a nobrainer.

michael
 
Im going to make a video on them shortly here, but let me know what you have a question about. Normally I just use them to zero and measure so I have to learn a bit too, but I know the basic functions in them pretty well
 
Im going to make a video on them shortly here, but let me know what you have a question about. Normally I just use them to zero and measure so I have to learn a bit too, but I know the basic functions in them pretty well
Thanks Matt
Nothing special...... I am interested in learning basic operations, calibrations, & dimension verification . I think that my problem is understanding the "China speak" in the user manual.
 
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