Originally Posted by isaac338  I must be the most indecisive guy in the world - I don't think I'll have enough money to build the shumatech for a while, and the metric measurements on this thing scare the hell out of me. That combined with the MT3 spindle is making me really consider returning it and heading stateside.. |
You can always mount a few cheap calipers like these
http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/pictu...8&NTITEM=B2665 on it as temporary DRO until you can afford to go with the Shumatech (BTW, thanks for mentioning that. I just Googled it and that looks like an interesting project...).
Lots of people have done this. Here is a link to a simple solution
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/arc...p/t-21163.html.