Fitted DRO to Lathe, showed up movement

[TomG]

Hi Chris,

I was wondering if maybe the taper attachment was influencing the movement, but if it's unclamped, that isn't the issue. In fact, I don't think you have an issue at all. Unless I'm missing something, what you are describing is backlash in the cross slide screw and is normal, actually less backlash than normal. My Hardinge has much more than that. Remember that the DRO is reading the actual position of the slide independent of the screw, so it doesn't matter if the dial is locked or not, you'll still see movement by pushing and pulling on the tool post.

Tom