On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:52:16 -0500, "Ron Thompson"
wrote:

I wonder how they react to coolant? I have a $20 digital caliper from Harbor
Freight. It is very accurate, but coolant screws it up. I got it dried out
and working, but I suspect corrosion is eating the battery. It is a few
months old and already blinking. But maybe this is normal battery life.

No idea since I've never bought one of their remote readouts. To get
two axis' you'd have to buy two of them so it would actually make more
sense to buy a DR)-2 like Keith mentioned. It looks like a much nicer
readout. It could just need a new battery, get a good quality one.
The ones they ship with may be cheap or 10 years old or something.

Currently I'm using a 6" digital caliper on the quill of my
mill/drill, it works great, I can't imagine not having one now. I
have some photos showing how I did it. I still use the dials for the
table.

Keith since it only has two displays how do you read the two axis
*and* the rpm of the headstock?

John

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