Quote Originally Posted by adamvs View Post
While it's apart, it might be worth replacing the X-axis limit switch with a good Honeywell roller switch. Tormach uses the same switch all over the place, but the lathe X-axis is especially sensitive because any variance in X homing needs to be multiplied by 2, it's a diameter value. True, this all taken care of by getting a new X workoffset, but it would be nice to get values that didn't jump around so much.
That's not a bad idea, though the lathe is nearly all back together now. I happen to have a couple of Omron limit switches that are about the same form factor. Do you know if those are comparable to Honeywell in quality and performance?