Kong;
Oh, believe me.. I've been down that road!
In this case, my "overall" plan is to build an inexpensive lathe as a learning tool, one that will later do "semi-production" on short runs of specialty screws and pins (I'm a gunsmith...).
My "big" engine lathe is for the big work...
I can't decide if I want to retrofit my engine lathe after my Mill/Drill, or if I would be better served getting a higher quality and more rigid lathe instead and CNC THAT...
Either way, the "Small" lathe will be used for parts under 3" long and under 1" diameter. Bigger than that, and I use my "big" lathe instead...
I wanted a small lathe mostly to learn the electronics end of the CNC... I learned how to RUN them in school, not how to BUILD them.
Syncing the carriage to the rotation for threading for example makes my head hurt...
Sure appreciate the opinions!
Paul F. |