Am 01.04.2014 15:01, schrieb John Kasunich: > 127 is an odd encoder count, but I understand why: > 0.000393" is 0.01mm. > > I wonder if this mill was used to make metric parts > and they wanted the control and readout to use > metric units natively? > Until the early 1990ies, many lathes were produced in Germany with inch screws and a 127 teeth gear wheel to drive them in order to end up with metric threads. Peter
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