Originally Posted by
comlogical
Thanks Jim,
The Haas Toolroom TL-1 lathe is one on our radar and glad to hear at least one vote toward it.
I was apprehensive to posting our budget because we didn't want that to be the main driving factor in lathe recommendations, but rather the needed features. I'm personally, not one for bloated systems chocked full of features I don't need and know I'm paying for them.
However, for sake of furthering discussion we are looking at lathes in the $30K-$40K range.
We have three-phase in the shop.
We are located in Green Bay, WI.
As you suspect, retrofitting isn't much of an option in our eyes. Every component has a flaw... from the frame to the mounting plates, from the ball screws to the chuck. In truth, the only component that hasn't given us grief is the HP PC that runs the software.