At that price, I'm interested. Where did you get the mag scales?
I am just finalizing an Ali purchase of the Ditron DRO package for my Lathe. It's the end of the 1st qtr so they should be hungry. Maybe not as good as I could do at the end of the year, but I can't wait that long. I want to put the system on at the same time as I install a 3ph motor and VFD.
I have a Ditron on my Mill, and after a lot of soul searching, I think it's best for an old man like me to have everything work the same. That way I don't have to do things differently. The interface will be the same. To me, that advantage is worth the difference in cost.
I've spent a fair bit of time evaluating the Touch system and I like it a lot. But I can't really see any compelling reasons to go that way.
I should add that one could always just move the tablet from one machine to the other and save on that cost too. Alternatively, I could just add the touch box and a tablet to my mill so both could be the same.
But again, it not like the Ditron is junk or inferior to the touch in any significant way. It's a gorgeous system that works extremely well.
If I were starting over, I might go touch. But that's a different debate.