Quote Originally Posted by Manny View Post
HI Thanks for this, I'm pretty new to CNC The chap i picking up from has said it has a spindle hall effect sensor for PID RPM Control. Does that help considering I can control the speed ?
You won't be able to ridged tap with a one pulse ie Z encoder you will need A and B as well. You might get away with thread milling .

I think with just 1 pulse you could thread on a lathe but not tap.