I have been trying to figure out how to mount my DRO on my lathe. This is what I came up with.
I used the mount for the splash guard to mount one side:

The other side, I did drill and tap a hole for mounting:

The one thing I did that was different was I did not permanently attach the bracket to the lathe saddle. Instead, I used a rare earth magnet from a hard disk:

Here is the same thing with a different view:

And here is the operator's view of the readout:
