A typical cnc lathe is limited to round things, so obviously less generally useful than a CNC, but it's still pretty useful. The cnc in our shop at work is always going with on-off projects. Today it was making a test section for some sort of thermodynamics experiment. They had it boring a 6" diameter chunk of stainless with a 2" hole. Not exactly a fun job to do by hand, and there is a lot to be said for setting up something like that and letting it go. Eric
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a disagreement with my employee today. I said that a retrofitted CNC > milling machine, like my Bridgeport Interact, is supremely useful as a shop > tool, but a CNC lathe has very little usefulness. I felt that there is not > really much that one can do with a CNC lathe. He disagreed, but could not > offer specifics. > > I want to see what you think, is a CNC lathe all that useful for someone > who is nota job shop or a manufacturing operation. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
