RF-30 clone issue

I added a DRO because I could not read the Z dial because it is too high for me to read.
 
PhillT said:
That has to be the best reason I have ever heard David ;-)
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I'm nothing if not honest :D
But seriously, the Z-axis crank is about eye level for me so there was no way I could see the zero mark. I tried to spin it 90 degrees so it was on the side but it wouldn't move.
 
Just for reference my Grizzly G1007 RF30/31 clone, (mfd 6-2004) reads .097-1.00” per rev & 2.54-2.55mm per rev of the Z fine feed.
This is on an a IGaging cheap stand alone DRO.
I also have cheap IGaging X&Y DRO, separate 2”x3” screens. Very accurate & reliable.
Although I have never run a lathe with DRO (and I have run many) I have never run a mill without DRO. And would not want to, as DRO makes it so easy.
YMMV, cheers, Steve
 
+1 for a DRO. It measures the actual movement and accounts for any slop in the gears. My mill has about 0.010" of slop/backlash in the feed screws. It's fine as long as I don't need to back off and then go forward again. A DRO eliminates that problem, since it measures actual movement.
 
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