Quote Originally Posted by battwell View Post
does your machine orient the spindle? thats the bit im stuck on at the moment
You mean if it knows the exact angular position of the spindle?

No...
Currently fitted is a SEM MT30U4-36 and Sprint 1800 drive.
That has a tacho on it; but anything better than that i.e. for rigid tapping etc you'd need a new spindle with resolver or encoder and a new drive.