Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Lathe mode.

Art Fenerty wrote:

> Thanks Doug:
>
> Maybe I'm gonna have to add lathe mode to my ever growing list. Does
> anyone sell a simple optical sensor that sticks on a lathe and pulses every
> time a painted dot or something passes it, that should be all thats required
> shouldn't it? Or am I missing something?

No, one pulse per revolution is not good enough. You need at least a few
hundred counts per rev to do any justice to the coarser threads. Really, you
should have at least a few encoder counts per servo cycle at the slowest
spindle speed you expect to cut at.

Jon