Hi Paul, I was very happy with the service in trying to resolve this problem. Although communication was very difficult the video's made it very clear. Cam

G'Day Aaron, yeah I felt the drag on the Cross Slide and that horrible crunching sound before I saw what had happened. Anyway I think I have a good solution for a repair. The other thing is that where the damage is on that part of the cable will be hidden and protected under the scale. Cam

Hi John, thankyou for the reply. I had resolved the radius issue so I'm all good with that. I had an Easson unit from an old Victoria Mill I bought some time ago and have fitted it in place of the Sino DRO but still using the Sino scales. As you would have seen from the video I had drift of around 0.02mm during every a cycle through 4mm of travel. The Easson DRO has absolutely no drift at all. I'd be interested to know if your unit has any drift over say 5mm reading from a fine scale Dial Indicator. When I put my .001" indicator up I couldn't really see any drift but the 1 Um Dial Indicator certainly showed it. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 Hi Cam The lathe came fitted with the DRO. I will make a few measurements and get back to you. Cheers John

@@camatbattler2233 Hi Cam My DRO is set to 5 micron. I cannot set it lower. I have not got a dial indicator as accurate as yours. I compared readings with two different digital calipers. Over 106mm the difference in readings was 30 microns low for one pair. With the other caliper, measuring over 140mm - 10 micron high. This is a big ask for any caliper as I was cantilevering the body of the instrument The problem with electronic measuring devices is where the manufacturer has set the change point. From my limited experience with weighbridge load cells the change point is not on the zero or grad division. Hope this helps.

I’d love a copy of your manual ! Is it in PDF ?

@@MyTubeSVp Hi Stefan I can scan it for you. How can I get it to you?

Thanks Gary. Cam

G'Day Max, I did a quick check last night on the imperial setting with a 1 thou 1" travel indicator. It read perfectly at every 0.1" but it has no where near the same resolution as the 1 micron dial indicator I used on the metric test. I'll set that indicator up and do a conversion from metric to imperial and see how it compares. The other thing I will try is setting up the Easson DRO and see if that shows the same drift as the Sino unit on the Sino scales. As shown, I had a 0.02 drift over 4mm but it did come back to 4.000mm and then started to drift again after that. So I think it will read pretty true over the entire stroke and coming back to zero every 4mm after the 0.02mm drift. Setting up the Easson unit might show if the discrepancy is in the DRO unit or the scales. Cam

G'Day Max just did a check using the Easson DRO with the Sino Scales. There was absolutely no drift throughout the same distances as I did with the Sino DRO. It hit every 0.1mm increment spot on. Felt rock solid. Obvious difference in the quality between the two units. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 Thanks for checking that . Now my mind is a bit more at ease ! Cheers .

G'day maartyvb, yes I went through the same thing. As I remember it was a pain, in fact I put a short video together with how I understood it to be and sent it to the manufacturer. He then sent a video back showing me the correct button sequence which worked. I'm on holidays in Sydney for the next two weeks so can have a look when I get home if you don't get a solution beforehand. Cam

Hi Steve, thanks for looking in and commenting. I did a quick check last night on the imperial setting with a 1 thou 1" travel indicator. It read perfectly at every 0.1" but it has no where near the same resolution as the 1 micron dial indicator I used on the metric test. I'll set that indicator up and do a conversion from metric to imperial and see how it compares. The other thing I will try is setting up a spare Easson DRO I have and see if that shows the same drift as the Sino unit on the Sino scales. As shown, I had a 0.02 drift over 4mm but it did come back to 4.000mm and then started to drift again after that. So I think it will read pretty true over the entire stroke and coming back to zero every 4mm after the 0.02mm drift. Setting up the Easson unit might show if the discrepancy is in the DRO unit or the scales, either way it will be interesting to compare. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 That would be a great comparison and would like to see the results. I am in the final stages of deciding which DRO to buy and had looked at the Sino, Ditron and Easson. From what I have read it is a tossup between the Ditron and Easson. The supplier I have been looking at will supply the Ditron with magnetic scales.