As per the title, has anyone used the summing Z facility with vectoring with a chinese 3 axis dro on a lathe?
As I understand it, with a scale on the main Z axis along the length of the lathe bed, but a second scale mounted on the compound slide, a 3 axis dro with summing vector Z should give you the ability to put the compound slide's angle in as a parameter, then the digital read out will do some calculations in real time and move the Z and X values for the actual move of the toolpost when you move the compound table set to a angle away from the Z axis.
I have a 2 axis vevor unit + scales on a Harrison L5a and am considering adding a 3rd scale on the compound slide and changing to a 3 axis dro console, and in the manual it mentions about for 3 axis lathe setup only, if you press a certain key "the counter of Y axis and the counter of Z axis can be added to displayed in the Z axis by pressing the key" , which I think means their 3 axis lathe dro at least does linear summing although its a bit confusing as normally Y is height of the toolholder over the toolpost but I guess they just mean to hook up the second scale onto the Y and press that button to sum it the Z...
Just above that section in the manual is a paragraph how to work with taper and measure it. What it doesnt say is if that value is stored during that process and used to calculate a summed Z & X value or if you can input this value somehow and just have the dro do the calculation in realtime. Or it simply just doesnt do vector summing which given its just a bit more trig in the dro software seems a miss.
So wondering if someone here had insight on a Vevor/other chinese 3 axis dro console, and has used the summing facility mentioned in the manual and can clarify. Or even has a different manufacturer that does vector'd summing on the compound...
Addenium I know a lot of people suggest to hook the Y to the tailstock, but to nip that in the bud I have a seperate little digital readout for depth with its own lcd display on that and it works great.
As I understand it, with a scale on the main Z axis along the length of the lathe bed, but a second scale mounted on the compound slide, a 3 axis dro with summing vector Z should give you the ability to put the compound slide's angle in as a parameter, then the digital read out will do some calculations in real time and move the Z and X values for the actual move of the toolpost when you move the compound table set to a angle away from the Z axis.
I have a 2 axis vevor unit + scales on a Harrison L5a and am considering adding a 3rd scale on the compound slide and changing to a 3 axis dro console, and in the manual it mentions about for 3 axis lathe setup only, if you press a certain key "the counter of Y axis and the counter of Z axis can be added to displayed in the Z axis by pressing the key" , which I think means their 3 axis lathe dro at least does linear summing although its a bit confusing as normally Y is height of the toolholder over the toolpost but I guess they just mean to hook up the second scale onto the Y and press that button to sum it the Z...
Just above that section in the manual is a paragraph how to work with taper and measure it. What it doesnt say is if that value is stored during that process and used to calculate a summed Z & X value or if you can input this value somehow and just have the dro do the calculation in realtime. Or it simply just doesnt do vector summing which given its just a bit more trig in the dro software seems a miss.
So wondering if someone here had insight on a Vevor/other chinese 3 axis dro console, and has used the summing facility mentioned in the manual and can clarify. Or even has a different manufacturer that does vector'd summing on the compound...
Addenium I know a lot of people suggest to hook the Y to the tailstock, but to nip that in the bud I have a seperate little digital readout for depth with its own lcd display on that and it works great.