For the tailstock end the saddle is the most likely thing to hit the 
tailstock so it would be in machine coordinates.

For the chuck end the tool is most likely to hit so it would have to be 
machine coordinates + tool offset. I don't see any need for changes to 
the tool table to do this.

Les



Chris Radek wrote:
> In my opinion the difficulty is that it needs to be per-tool to have
> much use.  That means adding more stuff to the tool table.
>
> I'm not sure if I would use it...
>   


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