gene heskett wrote: > On Sunday, May 06, 2012 02:33:08 PM Jon Elson did opine: > > > > What is the best practice to establish the X zero on a lathe? I am making > a test cut, measuring it and dividing that by half to enter in a Touch Off. > > If you have a quick-change toolpost, you should be able to set up X and Z offsets for each tool in the tool table. Then, you leave the tool offsets on all the time. X=0 is the center of the part, Z=0 puts the tool on the chuck (or wherever you decide to have the Z zero). > Has anyone else come up with a better idea that might be more usable? > > But, I don't have a CNC lathe setup, so the lathe users should have the exact things to do.
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