I usually always find the hard way to do anything and I'm sure this is no exception I probably missed it on the forums and could not find it in the Haas lathe manual but what is the easy way to set the X offset for drills, reamers, etc? I put an indicator in the spindle and indicated in the 1" bore in the tool holder but there must be an easier way.

An unrelated question, the machine blows air through the spindle for 5 minutes after the spindle stops. I can see a necessity to overcome the heat sink effect when the spindle stops but five minutes is a little long for the short duration low HP stuff I do. There has to be a parameter controlling this, does anyone happen to know it's number?

Vern