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Aciera F4 DRO suggestions??

shapeaholic

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I have just recently sold my big milling machine, and am planning to make the F4 my primary mill.
I would like to add a DRO to it, as I had one on the big mill.
I had a Newall c-80, and liked the quality, and relative ease of install.
What would the collective suggest as a good fit on the F4?

Thanks
Peter
 
I have an Acu-Rite DRO 203 3-axis on my F4 coupled to Acu-Rite SENC 150 scales. The scales are old and came with the machine. The display is new. It’s the best DRO I’ve used among Acu-Rite, Sony, & Fagor.
 
I put one of the compact type Newall dros on my Schaublin 13 and really like it. As you mentioned the install is much easier than with conventional slides and it works really well.
 
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3 axis Heidenhain...Just my personal preference as i absolutely can not stand those soft membrane keypads...
Cheers Ross
No soft membrane keypads on the Acu-Rite DRO 203, which, by the way, is made by Heidendain. My Fagor and Sony DROs have membrane keypads. The Fagors are stiff and "clicky", and not too bad. The Sony's are mushy, but the price was right for the machine I put it on (both the DRO and lathe old and well used).
 








 
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