Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Limit Switches ???

That sounds funky. My lathe has only just stopped 'electrically sensing' me
with 220v. I found out someone had undone the earth on the plug for some
reason. How hard would it be to make such a probe anyway?

Cheers,
John H.

> Too bad it is so cumbersome to make the tool-post electrically isolated

from

> the lathe's chassis, as "contact" to the workpiece could be used as
> indication of starting location very, very repetitively and accurately! I
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> "self-compensate" for tool-bit wear!!!!
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