Ball screw and electronic lathe conversion

[tonyfoale]

Tony, this is just brilliant and typically neatly done. Retaining the manual function is a real bonus, you have found the best of both worlds. Your video tutorials are among my favourites, straight to the point and thoroughly explained.

Alan,
Glad you like it.
I am still getting used to the new way of working with it. I am also updating the software with extra features as they come to mind. For example yesterday I needed to do some knurling and realised that I could that with less strain on the lathe by screw cutting with an appropriate pitch from right to left and then, instead of retracting the tool and moving back to the start in rapid mode, using the same pitch and DOC to cut from left to right.
That only took a minute to add.