If you have the PM 2 axis version it has buttons labeled Y/Z to use either way.If you want a different X or Y, you just change the cable inputs right?
I've only used a mill dro and on mine Z is used for the column and the quill has its own dro built in. I'm guessing with a lathe you make the carriage X and the cross slide Y?
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Yes, you change the cables. But you also have to reset the unit and set it up as a mill, otherwise the display doesn't show the Z axis. At least that is what I have gathered from reading thru the manual. I haven't tried it yet. Maybe tonight. If there is a way to leave the display showing only the X and Z axis without reconfiguration, that would be preferable. I am all ears if someone knows how to do so. I prefer to keep the standard axis nomenclatures in place myself as well...
Once you use it the display makes sense. The Dro Pros videos make the learning curve easy, the main difference is the PM system uses the period button to access the parameters instead of the enter button on the old easson they show. But the dro pro videos explained it enough that I found it more informative than the pm manual.
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