Digital readout screen with five axis readouts and graphical layout display.

TouchDRO is a powerful, touchscreen DRO for metal lathes and milling machines. It's modern Android-based interface offers unmatched versatility, functionality, and ease of use.

TouchDRO is much more than just another DRO. It is an advanced tool that simplifies complex operations, speeds up mundane tasks and will push the limits of what's possible on a manual machine.

  • Intuitive multi-touch user interface for easy control
  • Responsive touch screen navigation with custom gestures
  • Real-time graphical layout display with dynamic zoom and pan
  • Calibrated reference image overlay1 for machining complex shapes
  • Four-axis inputs with axis summing
  • Touch probe and tachometer integration
  • Broad compatibility with modern DRO scales
  • Configurable for multiple machines and users
  • Supports both milling and turning machines
  • Displays cutting speed, feed rate, and chip load
  • Hands-free sub-datum recall
  • Import/export for sub-datum and tool memory1

1 Requires TouchDRO Plus version and compatible hardware.

Featured Products

  • A DRO adapter for Metal Lathes with scales on the carriage, cross slide, tailstock, spindle angle encoder, and RPM sensor.

    DRO Adapter for Milling Machines

  • DRO Adapter for Milling Machines that require quill/knee axis summing, a touch probe or tool height setter input, an RPM display and an indexing head input.

    DRO Adapter for Metal Lathes

In 2012, we set out to create a customizable high-end DRO that would be accessible to small machine shops, hobby machine shop enthusiasts, and makers. It is developed with feedback from the community and focuses on flexibility and ease of use.

TouchDRO runs on readily available Android tablets and can interface with the vast majority of modern DRO scales and encoders.

With TouchDRO, you will get a digital readout system that can be built and customized to fit your specific needs and adapt when your needs change. Your DRO will not become obsolete and, most importantly, it will not hold you back.

Getting Started with TouchDRO

Select DRO Scales

To ensure your digital readout is accurate and reliable, it's important to choose the right scales. Begin by consulting the DRO Scale Selection Guide, which outlines the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used DRO scales. For a list of our recommended scales and where to buy them, refer to the Recommended DRO Scales section.

Buy or Build TouchDRO Adapter

To buy one of the official TouchDRO scale adapters, visit the Store section. If you prefer to build one from scratch, start with the Do-it-Yourself DRO Build page.

Select a Tablet to Run TouchDRO

TouchDRO works on the majority of Android and Amazon Kindle tablets. See TouchDRO System Requirements for a list of recommended tablets.

Install and Configure TouchDRO Application

You can download and install the TouchDRO application for your Android tablet from Google Play Store or from Amazon App Sore for a Kindle Fire tablet. Follow the TouchDRO Quick Start Guide guide to complete the setup.