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With all this being said can someone tell me if the way I plan on setting this up genuinely wont work.

The encoder is driven by the motor at the same rate as the spindle. (see the photo)

You wiz machinists are loosing me, appreciate all the good info though. Certainly learning a lot through this process!

Here is what I plan on doing, the motor/encoder ratio is the same as the motor/spindle ratio. I don't see why this wouldn't work, though I'm open to suggestions as this is my first time doing...

Decided to go with this since I've read many people with Acorn boards have had success with it and acorn recommends 1000 ppr minimum
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Thanks islaww!

Still a little fuzzy on how have a tail stock sensing switch works with the a Z axis switch and software.

Is the tail stock switch being used as a limit switch to prevent...

Doing a retrofit of D&M 5 Lathe, adding Acorn CNC controller. It has the stock 90 vdc motor.

Is it worth it to add a rotary encoder? Wondering if this will allow me to do threading?

Also, any...

D&M 5 Lathe Acorn CNC retrofit, only replacing the controller and adding DC isolation for the spindle drive.

Have everything about 75% wired up and just realized that there are no home/limit...

I suppose I could do a simple conductivity test to determine this, will give it a go when I get home today.

After a little more research I have good reason to believe that it is not possible and will fry my Acorn. The DC Drive is not isolated from the AC supply.

From a quick search/read KBSI-240D...

Adding the DC Drive manual, if additional information is needed.

Retrofitting a D&M lathe with a AcornCNC motion controller and am a little weary of how to hook up the DC drive to the motion. However I could just be making a mountain out of a mole hill in my head....