From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103psbl$14ctm$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   Old School DRO.  Use a dial indicator.  Its the default for longitudinal   
   (Z axis) lathe work.  Lots of people will set a zero to work towards on   
   the indicator.  I think its easier to hit the mark than a digital DRO   
   because you can have it in your field of view while watching the work as   
   opposed to having to look up at the DRO.   
      
   Bob La Londe   
      
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   A dial indicator on the carriage allows me to thread to a dead stop on the   
   lathe, usually to get close to a shoulder or the bottom of a blind hole.   
   Because the SB 10L has an easily exposed leather belt drive and back gearing   
   I can pull up the belt clutch to stop the spindle within a quarter turn of   
   the end, shut off the motor, and then turn the belt on the cone pulley by   
   hand to feel the bit run up against the previous chip. When done the chip   
   stack can be chiseled out and filed smooth.   
      
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