AliExpress DRO

[Bsmith]

Noticed on here some members bought these dro's so I also bought one as the price was very reasonable.
Apart from my one, how's the DRO's going?
Mine went 'phutt' and blew the 3a fuse that I put in the 13a plug, I changed the fuse and tried again, it went'phutt' again but didn't blow the fuse, screen is now dead.
AliExpress customer service say return for a refund.
I would prefer to return for an exchange unit but they don't do that they say.
I don't think I did anything to cause it to fail although I was using the only scale I have so far which was on the X axis and it is the correct scale for the DRO.
I was happy with it while it worked for a couple of hours, I even used the calculater function to work out some figures.
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[RichardM]

I'm happy with mine, but I didn't buy the display or scales you did, so may not be what you are asking.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Mines working fine but only for testing at the mo as mill still being put back together , I have one on my lathe still fine 2 years on

 

[Bsmith]

AliExpress sent me a free return label, then a full refund as soon as I dropped the dead DRO in the post for return, no questions asked, so can't complain about their return service.
Ordered and received another DRO the same and so far it is working fine.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Thats a lot better than some Ebay sellers

 

[Mark 5]

What is a DRO?

 

[Bsmith]

What is a DRO?

Digital read Out.

 

[Brad93]

Digital read Out.
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That's more or less identical to the SINO units

 

[dieselsamurai]

I have one of those and a SINO but the pin outs are wired differently for no good reason

 

[Geoffm]

Mine are the same as yours - I have 3. No probems, except I had one display die after a couple of years of use, so replaced it with anothe rAliexpress one and all ok.
Some of the newer DRO displays are much easier to use for setting up bolt PCDs etc. Must work out how to use the features one day...

 

[addjunkie]

Some of the newer DRO displays are much easier to use for setting up bolt PCDs etc. Must work out how to use the features one day...

The functions are easy enough……its the instruction books that are the issue…awful.

 

[northwest]

The functions are easy enough……its the instruction books that are the issue…awful.

Not just from AliExpress either, I have an Easson unit and at best I can tell you how to change it from Imperial to Metric, all the other functions are a mystery. I just use @fizzy s trick of asking Claude to give me co-ordinates if I am doing anything that requires a pcd, easier than trying to remember some convoluted instruction. Love the LCD display though.

 

[Bsmith]

The functions are easy enough……its the instruction books that are the issue…awful.

Chinglish instructions books are difficult to follow. Youtube have videos that explain much better and clearer.