Tool setting device and method for micro lathe

The invention discloses a tool setting device and a tool setting method for a micro lathe and belongs the technical field of mechanical automation. The device comprises a machine tool clamp plate, a tool rest, a tool, a guide rail, a first charge coupled device (CCD), a reflector, a first light source, a second CCD, a second light source and an outer computer. The method comprises the following steps of: calibrating pixels in the horizontal direction and pixels in the vertical direction respectively, and transmitting images containing actual distance information to the outer computer; monitoring and adjusting the tool to ensure that the tool approaches an end surface of a workpiece; displaying the distance between a tool nose and the rotary center of the end surface of the workpiece by a technology and software; manually adjusting the distance between the workpiece and the tool according to the obtained distances in the three directions, or controlling the relative motion of the tool and the workpiece by outputting corresponding signals through the computer so as to realize high-precision tool setting of the micro lathe. According to the device and the method, an image measurement technology is adopted, so that tool setting gaps can be automatically detected and can be measured in real time; and therefore, the tool setting difficulty is reduced, and the machining process can be well monitored.