Quote Originally Posted by m_c View Post
Take test cut with known tool, don't move X after taking cut, measure cut, and enter value into X DRO.

Provided you're not doing anything that affects tool offsets into relation to each other, then you don't have to touch individual tool offsets. All you have to do is establish the actual X axis position.

However, install a decent homing switch on the X axis. On a lathe, it makes life so much easier.
Thanks. The pain here is to do a test cut .... I think you use the lower DRO here for the 'new' measurement?

The homing switches look to be 'decent'. They are proximity ones. I'm not sure what the repeatability is with them. Ill do some testing over the weekend. How much 'tolerance' should I expect with homing? Better than 0.01mm?