TouchDRO adds a modern touchscreen DRO to your manual mill or lathe by pairing an Android tablet with a compact scale adapter (encoder interface box). It gives you a clean, uncluttered screen with controls and readouts that you can configure to fit your work style. TouchDRO offers convenience and functionality that surpasses expensive high-end traditional digital readouts.
1 Requires TouchDRO Plus and compatible hardware.
TouchDRO adapter for knee mills that need quill + knee axis summing, touch probe or tool height setter input, spindle RPM display, and indexing.
TouchDRO adapter for knee mills that need quill + knee axis summing, touch probe or tool height setter input, spindle RPM display, and indexing.
TouchDRO adapter for metal lathes with carriage and cross-slide scales, tailstock or bed scale, spindle angle encoder, and RPM sensor.
TouchDRO adapter for metal lathes with carriage and cross-slide scales, tailstock or bed scale, spindle angle encoder, and RPM sensor.
In 2012, we set out to create a powerful, customizable DRO that small shops and home machinists could actually use and afford. TouchDRO started as a way to get more done with our own hobby-grade manual machines. Today, it is trusted by tens of thousands of machinists around the world. With feedback from hobby machinists and commercial customers, we keep improving and refining the system, with a steady focus on flexibility and ease of use.
TouchDRO runs on readily available Android tablets. It works with a wide range of modern and legacy DRO scales and encoders, including many glass, magnetic, and capacitive scales that traditional DRO boxes can't use.
TouchDRO lets you build and configure a powerful, full-featured digital readout around your machines and the way you like to work. As your needs change, you can adjust the system with them, so your DRO helps you work faster, make fewer mistakes, and keeps up as your projects and skills grow instead of holding you back.
Getting set up with TouchDRO is straightforward. In most cases you’ll follow these four steps: pick your scales, choose or build an adapter, add a tablet, and install the app.
Your digital readout is only as good as the scales you use. Start with the DRO Scale Selection Guide , which explains the pros and cons of common scale types. For specific suggestions and sources, see Recommended DRO Scales .
To purchase an official TouchDRO scale adapter (encoder interface box) for your DRO scales, visit the Store . If you’d rather roll your own, the Do-it-Yourself DRO Build page walks you through the process.
TouchDRO works on most Android and Amazon Fire tablets. For specific model suggestions and trade-offs, see Best Tablets for TouchDRO . For minimum specs and compatibility details, see the TouchDRO System Requirements .
You can install the TouchDRO app from the Google Play Store or the Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire tablets. Then follow the TouchDRO Quick Start Guide to complete the setup.