Any Reliability Experience with the low cost DROs

jontom_1uk · 2008-09-23T12:59:07+00:00

I won't shout as it seems very quiet in here, but just wondered ifanyone has any comments on the reliability of the cheaper DROs thathave been available for a year or two. I am going to downsize myworkshop (Bridgeport is just too big for me) and want to equip thesmaller replacement mill with a 3 axis budget type system (glassscales). Also has anyone any comments (printable) on the =93budgetconsoles=94 that appear to save about =A3100 over their better specifiedcounterparts? Do you loose any important functions? My use is typicalmodel engineering with few items that need accuracy to two tenths of aGnats a**, but I am tempted by some of the slightly more complex co-ordinate machining capability.Hope I haven't disturbed your sleepKeith

Sep 23, 2008 23 Replies

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JohnDet 17 years ago

Mark,

Thanks for your reply, - Alwyn and i did cear it up on the telephone on Saturday & today.

He was dialling 537056, and i think that may be a call box, or a phone in a pub, as they don't take incoming calls, and would return such a message.

You're right about some of the text in manuals written by foreign writers, itcan be a bit of a struggle, however, as this case demonstrates, we can get to the heart of the problem, even if the solution is not straightforward, and run you through it, keystroke by keystroke.

If you would like to purchase a Sino system at any time, please call us

John

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Dragon 17 years ago

John,

As you have demonstrated that you can understand how to operate the system despite the manual, what are the chances of writing one that others can understand? Would no doubt polish your image even further! Just a thought.

Henry

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JohnDet 17 years ago

Henry,

We did offer to re write a sino image brochure once, - we thought it was well worth correcting, but when we told them this & that etc., they thanked us very warmly, but pointed out that there were 30,000 of them just bought, and they did not want to waste this consignment

As for re writing a technical manual, i don't think i could carry that off, as i lack the years of practical machining experience needed for this task.

John

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