Is it WORTH $900?? Review Comparing Precision Matthews & ToAuto À La Carte DRO for a Mill PM-728 

Thanks! This is a great perspective. For someone in business with a shop rate of $100, $150 or more it makes sense to buy 'ready to use' tools. For the hobbyist paying for everything out of pocket, maybe the budget is more of a factor. I watched every one of your treadmill motor videos and all of the related videos on powering them. Then I bought a 3 phase 3 hp lathe that was actually big enough for the work I do as a volunteer machinist on a historic restoration project. I'm still appreciative of the knowledge gained.

I've got the factory DRO on my Precision Matthews mill also. Mine's the next size smaller mill than yours, but I am extremely happy that I went with the factory install!

I really like the TouchDRO. Especially the fact that it is upgraded often with new features.

Great video. What I am curious about is accuracy of the 2 compared and repeatability.

I ordered my 833TV with the same DRO installed, mostly because I had zero experience with them and wanted to be sure it was done right. When I ordered my lathe I ordered it with a DRO uninstalled and did it myself and was glad that I did, even though cost wasn’t really an issue. I spent a couple of days on the lathe getting it just right but I was able to make spacers so I can still use the cross slide lock. I also wasn’t sure where they were going to put the display and I wanted to decide on that for myself. On my mill I ended up moving the display bar from the back of the mill and mounting it to the wall next to the machine, and on the lathe I located it above the headstock gearbox.

Awesome Video

In my case, money is a very big issue and I learned a lot watching others install them. Added to my skill level. That's why I spent hours making an edge finder that you can buy for $15. LOL. Getting better at making stuff the size it needs to be to work.

Paralysis by analysis! Love that term! Haha!

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