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to set tools yes but I'm trying to set the centerline.

What I mean is to set the lathe centerline (X0) using a probe instead of a skim cut/measure. The only way to set the centerline using a probe (that I know of) is to put the probe in the chuck, manually jog x until it trips and manually write the x value. This is more time consuming that making a ...

For a lathe, I'm curious as to why acorn doesn't offer the functionality of using a tool touch off device (or any probe for that matter) for setting up the X-Axis Part Zero (X0) in a similar fashion as automatic tool offset probing which it does support and avoid having to take a skim cut. By giving ...

oh no... that explains why I couldn't find it.... Wonder why it's available in Mill and Router but not Lathe. A real bummer for Lathe users...

New user here. Just purchased the Acorn CNC Lathe Pro package and was going through some videos and exercises to try things out. I'm having a hard time importing a DXF file as I don't see the "Import DXF" button in intercon as shows in one of the videos. Is this feature out of the current version or ...