Thread: Lathe DRO recommendations
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04-10-2020 #11
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04-10-2020 #12
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04-10-2020 #13
I used a Myford for years before buying this Smart and Brown. Never thought a DRO would be that useful on a lathe. Then I started using one. Wouldn't want to use a lathe without, now. Can't remember the time I last looked at the handwheel dials. Instant switch metric/imperial - if I'm working in metric units, but only have the imperial micrometer to hand, I'll take a cut, check dimensions and set the DRO in imperial units, then switch back to metric for DoC, finish dimension, etc. Until you've been in a position to cut, measure, set workpiece dia on the DRO, then just used the readout to get to dimension, then you haven't lived! Beats scruffy bits of paper with calculations, etc, and no way are you ever going to wonder how many turns you put on the feedscrew even if the figures after the decimal point are correct.
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04-10-2020 #14
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04-10-2020 #15
JS used to have a website with all his photos on it, including his Bantam mods. I was looking at it only a month or 2 ago but can't recall how to get there. Anyone know?
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04-10-2020 #16-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
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04-10-2020 #17-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
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04-10-2020 #18
Yes it was Adam who linked to it from the HWS website (he runs it). https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/
I think it was in an ad for the last remaining workshop manual CDs. Can't see it now, so he must have taken it down. It was within the last 1-2 months.
The OP could always email him via the website to ask for the link.
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05-10-2020 #19
Thanks Kered, very interesting. I'm sold on the benefits of a DRO.
I ordered the Machines DRO model specific for the Bantam yesterday. Sounds like you got a bargain with yours.
Looking forward to getting it set-up.
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