2013/3/8 Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>: > "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." > > > > > > I had to chime in. "A lathe is the only machine tool that can reproduce > itself" I read that somewhere a long time ago. That being said I can't > imagine a shop without both but given the chance I would pick the lathe > every time because the metal removal rate is so much better in a lathe than > a mill. I do a ton of square and rectangle parts in our turning centers > using 4 jaw chucks. If I can turn it I will, but I have 7 Turning centers > with fairly big capacities. Chucks from 8 inches to 28 inches. My next step > is to find a live tool turret machine so I can start cutting keyways, flats > and bolt circles right in the lathe. >
+1 My workshop currently does not yet have any of these two machine types and for me getting lathe is higher priority compared to mill. -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
