Great stuff Kirk. I have been working on a little table top Atlas/Craftsman lathe for a couple years now. Only have some ways machined. Ended up milling the ways and taking a stone to them to knock off the burrs. Haven't done much more than that.
Will Baden > From: kwall...@wallacecompany.com > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:12:35 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Using a mill as a lathe, EMC2 implications > > On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 18:25 +0000, Andy Pugh wrote: > ... snip > > > Are ball screws easy to find? Say, I have a 14x48" lathe. > > > > Yes, you can buy them by the foot. (at about $15 a foot) > > > > Huh? I would guess ground double nut (for preload) 1.00" diameter Z ball > screw and nut at about $300 per foot. Then you need to add the precision > angular contact bearings to mount the screw. > > This is my version of the project: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/ > > It has been on the back burner for a few years :( > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today > http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
