On Tuesday 31 January 2017 18:37:31 Kirk Wallace wrote: > A lathe showed up on my doorstep (almost). A friend called up and said > "I've got a lathe in my trailer and I want to know if I can bring it > by today." I guess he knows me well enough to know that I could not > refuse. I have had it a couple of days and I took some time to scrape > the first layer of grime off of it and take some pictures. > http://wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Tida_Samson_TD-1336_lathe/ > > One of the control panels indicates it is a Samson TD-1336 (13" x 36") > and that it was made in Taiwan in 1982. It looks like a common Chinese > lathe offered by Grizzly or Harbor Freight. It doesn't have a lot of > wear, but has been abused. The back gears are stripped, the cross > slide has been crashed into, the spindle and chuck have been hammered > on extensively. > > It's too early to have a firm plan for this machine, but I'm thinking > that I would like to convert it to: > - 2hp 3 phase motor, VFD, belt drive, encoder (remove everything down > to the spindle shaft) > - Servo, ballscrew and encoder for Z (remove change gear and feed > drives) > - Servo, ballscrew and encoder for X (remove cross slide and apron) > - replace missing tail stock > - regrind spindle D1-4 surfaces > - regrind chuck surfaces > - maybe replace spindle bearings if they show hammering damage > - of course add LinuxCNC controller
All of the above, sounds like a plan. :). Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
