Re: Inexpensive DRO's (was Shooting Star...was Sterling)

I have a brand new glass scale digital readout system that I can
provide you and anyone else interetsed and also give you instructions
on how to exactly cut the scales to fit your machine. Please e-mail
me off list for more details. I have tried to price it so that the
hobbist can afford the system.

Regards,

Tim
dro_guy@(NOT)hotmail.com
(Take the NOT out for my real address)

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "mendoje1" <mendoje1@y...> wrote:
> Greetings to all,
>
> I still searching for an inexpensive DRO for my mill, currently
> focusing on used, higher end units such as from local shops or
eBay.
> My application will be on a small Rockwell vertical mill, which has
> 6.5x16" of travel.
>
> In the course of my bargain hunting, I've run across many scales,
> almost always too long for my mill. Does anyone in the group know
> which brands or types of scales can be shortened (cut) to length
> (besides the Shooting Star brand)?
>
> I've sent off a few emails to manufacturers such as Anilam and
> Acurite requesting info on current and past products, but response
is
> slow. I've talked to a few sellers, but the usual response is " it
> looks like it can be cut, but I cant garantee it will work". From
> what I can gather, "glass" scales cant be cut (I dont even know
where
> the glass part is!), where as some metallic models can, while some
> cant.
>
> Sorry for my ignorance, but trolling around in the used DRO market,
> its hard to figure out exactly which scale is on the machine, let
> alone if it can be modified.
>
> Thanks in advance for any clues! Jeff
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "mendoje1" <mendoje1@y...> wrote:
> > Greetings to all,
> >
> > In my search for an inexpensive DRO, I've run across....