Quote Originally Posted by Mook View Post
I like the idea of the electronic leadscrew but I would prefer it to be used in conjunction with the hand crank. The reason is that you can creep up on the cut and " feel " the tool cutting, not in the sense of feedback through the crank, but observing & listening to the process.
You may be interested in a post with video that I made here a year or two back. It describes my conversion to an electronic lathe, it is far more than an ELS but less than full CNC. Ball screw and electronic lathe conversion

As well as straight turning it will do tapers and curves, either end curves or curves along the length either concave or convex. Some functions can be additive so it can be set to do a taper AND screwcutting. That will produce a tapered thread either increasing or decreasing diameter. The same applies to curves. It will screwcut on a curve, I have never needed that yet but it can be done.

Here is a link to an update on the project. More on my lathe conversion

Of course a similar control could be applied to a mill, but I have a 4 axis CNC mill so there is no incentive.