Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:41 am
by velocity3x
You'll outgrow a Sherline in 10 minutes. Gippeto is right.....buy a real lathe, not a toy.
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:14 pm
by jrrdw
velocity3x wrote:You'll outgrow a Sherline in 10 minutes. Gippeto is right.....buy a real lathe, not a toy.
+1
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:01 pm
by wyz2285
1" through the spindle is IMHO a minimum.
Agree, wish I knew it when I made my purchase (Even though I didn't have the money for one such size anyway )
I'd buy a second hand one if I could, save lots and these things lasts decades if not more.
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 5:26 pm
by ToasT
Does anyone have experience with maximat mill lathe combo machines?
Is there anything to be aware of /watch for when buying one?
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 4:27 pm
by Labtecpower
Emco makes good machines, I use one when I'm making small stuff.
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:21 pm
by jrrdw
Here's a interesting find. Anyone else see this before?
[youtube][/youtube]
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:12 pm
by matti
jrrdw wrote:Here's a interesting find. Anyone else see this before?
I have seen that ! I should try it sometime
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:59 pm
by Gun Freak
Started a class this semester where we design and build a robot from scratch. They are currently teaching us how to use the lathes and mills... we have 4 14" lathes and 4 huge mills, all precise to ten-thousandths of an inch. We also have CNC lathes and Mills, one being a Haas... its like heaven in there. If I make anything cool I will post it, since it's my first time actually using machine tools
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:46 pm
by wyz2285
Nice.
Talking about CNC, I ordered a CNC router with custom specs (hoping to have it in my hands within a week or so).
Working space: Y- 660 X-458 Z- 215 and a 50mm chuck 4th axis.
Milling head with 10mm collects so it can share milling bits with my mill.
I know it looks thin but these are 6mm laser cut iron plates welded. Pretty steady, already checked myself
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:01 pm
by wyz2285
[youtube][/youtube]
Dunno where should I put it but this is so far the most well done home made rifling attempt I have came across.
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:24 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
velocity3x wrote:You'll outgrow a Sherline in 10 minutes. Gippeto is right.....buy a real lathe, not a toy.
oi!
... but yeah, if you have aspirations beyond pen guns and cutting non-standard threads without going insane, go for something bigger.
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:08 pm
by Gun Freak
Little aluminum motor bracket I cooked up in the lab a while back. I guess this is my first machined part
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:23 pm
by wyz2285
When I first saw the title I thought it was CNC machining, when I saw the rest of the video I dropped my jaw and when I saw the final result I almost got tears in my eyes.
[youtube][/youtube]
Re: The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:21 am
by mark.f
Ha ha, wow. I've seen cubes made in a lathe before, but never anything like this, proving once again even technically we're limited by nothing but our imagination...
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