04-10-2017, 01:58 PM
I just installed scales on all three axis of my Smithy Granite 1324 3in1 mill/lathe combo that I've only had a few weeks. With the TouchDRO app I set up two preferences one for the machine as a mill and one for the machine as a lathe. I ran into an issue where using machine as a mill the x axis is typically the direction of travel of the carriage and the y is perpendicular to that (this is also how they describe it in the machine manual). That's all good until I use it as a lathe and set a preference as a lathe and the diameter/radius function is applied to the x not the y. Easy fix to just swap cables but now have to reprogram my brain to remember what is x and what is y. Is there a way in lathe mod to set what axis the dia/rad function applies too?
FYI, love this DRO. I did have to put capacitors in the scale heads to prevent jumping any time I turned on the mill/shopvac/air compressor in my shop. Once installed never saw a jump.
Thanks,
Matt
FYI, love this DRO. I did have to put capacitors in the scale heads to prevent jumping any time I turned on the mill/shopvac/air compressor in my shop. Once installed never saw a jump.
Thanks,
Matt