Sino Vs Easson DRO's

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Ola'

Will be purchasing a DRO for my mill in the near future. The 2 main players in the UK in the price bracket I am looking at seem to be Easson or Sino (sino often rebadged with distributors own name) There is also Electronica kit.

Are the all 'much of a muchness' or is there benefits to one particular make over another. e.g. more user friendly and intuative menus.?

Cheers, Nick

Nick, take a look at the offerings from machine-dro.co.uk, they sell easson amongst others, including their own badged. I've had one of their DROs on my lathe for a couple of years now and am very happy with it, easy to use, accurate and reliable, using the magnetic strip read heads.

Edited By CoalBurner on 07/01/2015 21:24:20

Can't pretend to be able to offer relative judgements of different brands but I'd recommend you go for the 3-axis rather than 2-axis. Isn't clear from your post what you plan on that front but you wouldn't be able to upgrade easily later without great expense. I'd also recommend fitting the Z-axis scale to the quill rather than the knee or head if you have the choice.

The DRO was one of the best investments I made on my milling machine.

Murray

The Easson is easier when using functions like PCD, Radius, holes in a line, etc as the graphic display makes it a lot easier to follow what you are doing and easier to see you have punched in the right numbers. Actual XYZ reading is not a lot of difference.

J

I have a Sino on my mill and an Easson on my lathe and would not be without either of them. My only complaint about the Easson is when you switch between metric and imperial measurements the only visual indication is the number of significant figures the unit displays after the decimal point, the Sino has the good manners to put an "I" in the display.

I run a mix of glass and magnetic scales and get good resolution and repeatability from both

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Thanks for info guys.

Jason. What makes you think I have a need for PCD holes.?

Nick

Hi all, am in the same boat as Nick_G......

just when I thought I got it sorted in my head, have now been told about the "Graphic display"

I'm only gonna buy the 3axis DRO once for my mill (the Graphic display (pictures) model is about £150 plus the vat dearer)...

I just about got it sorted to use a video player then they went 2 digital...hahaha......

I have a real problem with sort of stuff.

so my question is...is the Grap/disp worth the extra (don't mind if it is) or is the best route the simple one, just the number display...

PCD holes will not b an everyday operation but when u start u'll always need it...

thanks for any gudience

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