Re: Bridgeport DRO questions


"Don Foreman" <dforeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 May 2006 13:40:28 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
<tom(nospam)@ohiobrush.com> wrote:


"Gunner" <gunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 May 2006 18:31:35 -0500, "Karl Townsend"
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The name brand is Acu-rite. I own two. Well built units and the company
has
EXCELLENT tech. service should you ever need any help. You buy the
scales
based on the length and accuracy you need. It pays to wait/watch for a
sale
at MSC or J&L or your favorite vendor.

Ive got an Acu-rite III on my Gorton, one on my Bridgeport, and
several spare readout boxes.

Good stuff.

On the other hand..nearly all the current manufactures make good ***.
Depends if you want bolt circle etc etc as options, or just a plain
jane 3 or 2 axis position indicator.

They are all good these days. Newall, Anilam, Sony, Fagor, even the
cheapy Shooting Stars aint bad.

Gunner

The problem I see is that if I don't get some feature I might use in the
future, I'll be kicking myself, and if I get some extra fluff I don't use,
I'll be kicking myself.

So kick yourself now and get it over with, then get the Accu-rite. The
"features" are just sofware, what matters is if the hardware works
well and keeps working. The only significant "feature" I can think
of would be the ability to recover zero after a power outage.
Accu-rite has that if you get a new setup with new scales. My
20-year-old Accu-rite doesn't have that but the new ones do.

Another nice feature is the ability to compensate for some leadscrew
error over the range of travel. Accu-rite has that too, though I've
never quite figured out how to use it nor been particularly motivated
to.

The Accu-rite has plenty of features I never use: bolt circle, tool
offset, yada yada.


Exactly what I want to hear!


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