Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cheapie import DRO scales for a Mill/Drill Quill?

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>>In the short term, just as a "dumb" DRO...
>>And MAYBE, in the long term, could one be interfaced with a computer (paralell port) as
>>part of a CNC retrofit?
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No, these scales can't be used for closed-loop CNC control. They only
read the
position about 3 times a second. You need several hundred updates a second,
at the absolute minimum, for closed-loop positioning control. Also, they
have low resolution for CNC control. Generally, 0.0005", which would be
OK for a router, but is really insufficient for CNC milling.

Jon