I always wondered about DRO's on a lathe until I had a chance to use a 13" Emco equiped with them. I found them very habit forming! Doug Pendragon wrote: >Cliff, > >snip) not so sure about the DRO's >though for a lathe, I do have them fitted to the mill and wouldn't be >without them in that application. > >Regards IP > > > > -- Doug Edwards Stueart@xxxxxxxxx Building a 70 ton Willamette in 1.6" http://www.rad45.org/Supplies.htm Building a 80 ton Climax in 1.6" MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.