On Fri, 2013-03-08 at 01:17 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 08 March 2013 01:12:33 Eric Keller did opine: > > > 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 > > Not only that, but if the lathe isn't dead true, linuxcnc can make it dead > true without calling in the factory folks to scrape ways until it is. That > right there might cost several thousand. > > Very tightly controlled tapers are just the math to cut the taper and go. > Need a rounded corner? g2/g3 works as well on the lathe as it does on the > mill. > > > 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. > > Cheers, Gene
Hi all, One more advantage: one can thread at spindle speeds way beyond what a human can handle and therefore use carbide tooling and improve the finish. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
