Jason Harris
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2005
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
Hi everyone, as you can see from my last post I am getting ready for a lathe. I wanted the dro's as I also have them on my mill.
Now I can see how usefull they are on the mill but I have a problem with the lathe.
You cant make really fine adjustments with the carrage handwheel so you have to finish off with the compound. Trouble is the dro reader is not attached to the compound for the x axis.
This leads me to think that the dro will get you close but you have to finish off with a dial anyway - so whats the point? I can get myself close without a dro.
How do you guys do it? Is a dro on the lathe really worth it? I dont mid the extra ~$700us to get the dros but it seems like it might not be all that usefull on the x. Is the value really there for the y axis?
Thanks,
Jason
Now I can see how usefull they are on the mill but I have a problem with the lathe.
You cant make really fine adjustments with the carrage handwheel so you have to finish off with the compound. Trouble is the dro reader is not attached to the compound for the x axis.
This leads me to think that the dro will get you close but you have to finish off with a dial anyway - so whats the point? I can get myself close without a dro.
How do you guys do it? Is a dro on the lathe really worth it? I dont mid the extra ~$700us to get the dros but it seems like it might not be all that usefull on the x. Is the value really there for the y axis?
Thanks,
Jason