Quote Originally Posted by Neale View Post
Super 7, Nick? Makes you sound like a Model Engineer!
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Neale, in my defence it's the Long Bed model so the deeper bed casting improves rigidity and gives you 30" or so over the bed, front & rear QCTP, plus a head stock with 30.5mm through capacity and a 1hp motor & VFD.

I agree to go QCTP first, size wise the magnetic linear tape scales and reader heads are very compact, I'd be surprised to find a machine that couldn't accommodate them.

I like the speed, accuracy and convenience of the DRO, it's a personal choice though, some don't.