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DRO on a 8520...
34_40:
So a ....um.. "distant" uncle may send me some money again. And now may be the time to get myself a present like a DRO setup for my 8520. But I am an even bigger newb to this topic than machine work in general. So I found in my mail a catalog from MSC, how convenient! And they have a few choices for 3 axis kits... definitely NOT cheap! But I'm thinking this may be a better way for me to go, the all in one package that will all work together without any requirements from me to do programming or patching it into a phone.. that kind of thing.
So, ( as Carpenter84 says ) school me! Any thoughts I may be missing?
Carpenter84:
Do you want American or chinese? There's about a thousand dollar difference.
4GSR:
I wouldn't drop any money on MSC. There are plenty of DRO's listed on eBay and Amazon for a lot less than MSC sells them for. And in most cases, they are the same one's being offered else where for a lot less money with free shipping on most. Should be able to get a setup for three axis for around $350 or less, with the correct length scales.
jocat54:
There's a lot of happy customers who bought DRO's from aliexpress for about $250 for 3 axis, me being one of them. Going on about 5 years now and still working like the day I installed them.
They seem to have come down in price--when I bought 3 axis for my mill they were $285 here is a link
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1524501216.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dqQNuRu
I got them in about 2-3 weeks.
34_40:
Off shore ?? Maybe.. I didn't know any american product was available.
Ebay or similar. I'm not a fan. My main "thing" is it's a package and will work as a unit. Since this will probably be a one time purchase that I won't be able to repeat, I'd like to do it right and don't want to cheap out and buy "questionable" quality either.
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