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Posted by moray on May 17, 2008, 5:35 pm
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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 21:12:09 +0100, "moray"
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>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 20:22:44 +0100, Bob Minchin
>>>
>>>>nickphill@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I think it was Hull SMEE had a nice Myford with nice looking DRO. I
>>>>> have had a look at their website and can't find much on it. Can anyone
>>>>> point me at info for installing DRO on an old super 7.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>>I understand that http://www.newall.co.uk/ produce a kit of for the s7.
>>>>
>>>>not cheap though.
>>>>
>>>>Might be worth a look at these
>>>>http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/
>>>>http://onyx-dro.co.uk/
>>>>
>>>>I've purchased from Machine DRO successfully and I know someone who has
>>>>used Onyx without problems.
>>>>
>>>>If you fancy a more diy approach have a look at YADRO
>>>>(Yet Another DRO)
>>>>http://www.yadro.de/
>>>>
>>>>hth
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>
>>> I missed the Myford dro setup at Harrogate, saw the lathe but thought
>>> it was 'just a shiny Myford'. I would have been interested as it had,
>>> apparently, a 3-input display with a third scale on the compound.
>>> I believe the kit was Sino & came from machine-dro, I've just had
>>> delivery from them of DRO gear to fit to a CVA lathe. I'd been tempted
>>> by the very attractive prices offered at the show by Allendale
>>> electronics, but after chatting on the phone with the very friendly
>>> guy at machine-dro and a bit of haggling plumped for Sino gear from
>>> them.
>>
>>Machine-dro is Allendale...
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>>moray
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> Yes, we've done that one lower down the thread <g>.
>
> It was Jade aka digital-caliper.co.uk wot I bought from.
>
> Tim
>
I noticed that just after hitting the send button!
I'll try and read the whole thread before speaking in future...
moray
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Posted by richmond on May 17, 2008, 5:44 pm
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The lathe at Harrogate was mine :)
If anyone wants more info on the DRO setup I will happily correspond
via email.
The DRO was bought from Digital-caliper.co.uk because they are the
registered agents for Sino in the UK. Whilst I know Allendale also sell
them, they dont buy them throught the registered dealer network, or
direct from Sino themselves, and as such could not offer the full 3 year
warranty.
In terms of pricing Jade ( digital-caliper ) are matching Allendale (
machine-dro ) prices.
Rgds
Keith
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Posted by Lester Caine on May 18, 2008, 3:23 am
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> The lathe at Harrogate was mine :)
>
> If anyone wants more info on the DRO setup I will happily correspond
> via email.
Richard - ONCE I can get the email interface working properly I will be
creating a forum and information group on my site for DRO's in general.
Shumatech, Yadro, Chinese Scales and Glass Scales and all that goes with them.
I'm planning to have proper articles on installations rather than just
pictures, so any material to put something together for your set-up ...
Same goes for anybody else. The site uses a wiki interface for creating pages
so I can even have people editing their own articles ;)
> The DRO was bought from Digital-caliper.co.uk because they are the
> registered agents for Sino in the UK. Whilst I know Allendale also sell
> them, they dont buy them throught the registered dealer network, or
> direct from Sino themselves, and as such could not offer the full 3 year
> warranty.
>
> In terms of pricing Jade ( digital-caliper ) are matching Allendale (
> machine-dro ) prices.
Just for the record - this was the original hiccup with the Sino 'registered
dealer network'. When I tried to investigate bringing them in, the European
prices were totally silly, and that is when Allendale started to bring them in
direct at a much more reasonable price. So it does sound as if the 'problem'
has now been resolved and Sino have removed a particular continental block.
Now the prices are more in line with those on the American market so it's not
worth shipping them from the States :)
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Posted by David Littlewood on May 16, 2008, 3:29 pm
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nickphill@gmail.com writes
>I think it was Hull SMEE had a nice Myford with nice looking DRO. I
>have had a look at their website and can't find much on it. Can anyone
>point me at info for installing DRO on an old super 7.
>Cheers
>Nick
See the current issue of MEW (issue 139), where there is an article on
this, written I believe by the same chap who was displaying the Myford
you refer to. He obtained his DRO equipment from Jade Electronics, who I
see describe themselves as the official importers of the Sino DRO
equipment. There was also an article by the proprietors of another
company, Machine-DRO, last year (issue 126) on the same subject, also
using Sino DROs.
The earlier article has more comprehensive details on how to actually
fit the DRO, but I personally prefer the choice of location of the
scales in the later article, and like the look of the smaller scales
about to become available.
I myself fitted Sino DROs to my milling machine last year, and it has
done everything I expected of it. You would have to kill me to take it
away now. I shall probably fit it to my lathe when the new smaller
scales are available.
David
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Posted by Tim Leech on May 16, 2008, 3:43 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 16 May 2008 20:29:31 +0100, David Littlewood
>In article
>nickphill@gmail.com writes
>>I think it was Hull SMEE had a nice Myford with nice looking DRO. I
>>have had a look at their website and can't find much on it. Can anyone
>>point me at info for installing DRO on an old super 7.
>>Cheers
>>Nick
>
>See the current issue of MEW (issue 139), where there is an article on
>this, written I believe by the same chap who was displaying the Myford
>you refer to. He obtained his DRO equipment from Jade Electronics, who I
>see describe themselves as the official importers of the Sino DRO
>equipment. There was also an article by the proprietors of another
>company, Machine-DRO, last year (issue 126) on the same subject, also
>using Sino DROs.
>
Machine-dro is part of Jade products.
They also have Onyx which sells their 'budget' range of DRO gear,
which unfortunately doesn't include small profile scales.
>The earlier article has more comprehensive details on how to actually
>fit the DRO, but I personally prefer the choice of location of the
>scales in the later article, and like the look of the smaller scales
>about to become available.
Unfortunately I didn't see the earlier article. I really ought to take
out that subscription....
>
>I myself fitted Sino DROs to my milling machine last year, and it has
>done everything I expected of it. You would have to kill me to take it
>away now. I shall probably fit it to my lathe when the new smaller
>scales are available.
I've had Sino dro on another lathe for a couple of years, it's a bit
of a pain on the imperial setting as the display shows more precision
than is 'real' but otherwise I've been very pleased.
Tim
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