Machine tool manufacturers are not worried about you trying to set up a machine. They have found out from experience not to feed a machine in a program (inhibit a feed) if the spindle is not running. Why? because typically a rapid move is in air. A feedrate is through material. And if the spindle is not turning you will break a tool or damage something. It is a safety issue.
Some TNC controls with a spindle drive will monitor spindle speed and will stop the feed if the RPM drops 20% of the commanded RPM. The DX controls with a spindle drive do the same thing.
George
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