DRO's

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Hi
Lads
When i bought my 6 26 mill (second hand) it came with a Newall 2 axis DRO this proved to be very handy but unreliable.
It cost me £100 plus insured postage for a new screen
After a few weeks the display went haywire so i gave up with it and learned to count in 125 s
My daughter said she knew a bloke who was a machine maintenance man ,I had a word with him but he could not help me.
He rang me last week saying they were scrapping a mill with a 3 axis DRO would it be any use to me
It arrived yesterday after forcing the bloke to take a few quid for a drink i set about installing it
It must have been on a big machine the X axis scale was 6 feet long.
It is not finished but working
The pictures tell the story

The glass scales can be cut i only had to shorten one




The studding will be replaced with steel spacers now i have it set up



Not a bad deal for the price of a few pints
John