Milling machine feedback

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by ahartnet

OK, thanks for the help so far. One final question (I finally got all my approvals necessary to purchase it and have it moved into the school): It has a mitutoyo AT715-350 linear scale on it now. It looks like I can get a 2-axis DRO (174 model) for around $600 pretty easily (http://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/85012953) and that it's not an outdated scale. But since I'm not real familiar with manufacturers in this field, I thought I'd ask for feedback on the quality of mitutoyo parts if anyone has experience with them.

Thanks!

THE top names in measuring tools of almost ANY kind are as follows.

Mitutoyo
Starret
Brown&Sharp

all others are typically compared to those.

Mitutoyo is Quality, period. Even old Mitutoyo is Quality so long as it was not heavily abused.

[ahartnet]

Thanks everyone!