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    Poor mans lathe DRO's

    Just a shot of some cheap Harbor Freight digital calipers I adapted to my mini lathe. I will be adding similar to the tail stock and possibly even the compound slide. It's about the cheapest DRO you'll find and they are quite accurate! They repeat everytime too.

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