On 14 October 2017 at 09:38, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:

> At this point if I did add a Beagle to do CNC on the lathe I'd want to
> include the 4.3" touch screen cape and use a similar interface that I have
> for the ELS.  I just don't have a need for a CNC lathe.

I do 90% of my lathe work using a set of macro screens set up for the
conventional operations. You can make a surprising amount that way,
especially when you add automatic tapers and exit radii.
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/26550-lathe-macros

(That's basically your ELS on X and Z)

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