After reviewing a number of Lathe DRO installs, I did not like the idea of giving up travel of the tail stock nor did I like having the DRO mounting near the chuck. So instead I bought the magnetic tape and milled some aluminum strips to cover it. Just thought I would post a few pics in case others were interested. I bought it from Ditron and though I don't have it all installed, I have the most timing consuming part done. Since it was so small, I even added a scale to the compound. Now I just need to install the standard scale on the Z axis.