Bob: By way of explanation: I used to have a mechanic that worked for me who had about an eighth grade (if that) education, a serious alcohol problem, and an absolutely brilliant understanding of things mechanical. I used to take him to industrial auctions, and we'd buy stuff that usually was just a pile of junk in a basket. He'd go back to his shop and put this stuff together and come up with some really nice pieces of equipment. One time, we got what I think was a lathe in this way. This has been many years back, but I thought it was also possible to do some millling with it. So, are there combination lathe/milling machines out there or am I misremembering. Thanks.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:09 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy > A lathe cuts in a circular motion. You could cut a groove in a > piece of steel on the lathe as long as you wanted it to run around > the circumference of the steel piece. You can also cut threads in > a round piece of steel with a lathe. > > A milling machine can cut grooves, slots, in metal or steel and in > any direction. It doesn't just have to follow the outer edge in > the direction of rotation like a lathe has to do. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Stephan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:30 AM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy > > > > > > Dan and all: > Is it possible to use one of these, or a larger router to cut > grooves in metal, or is that something that requires a lathe? > > Bill Stephan, > Kansas City MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > -original message- > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New router: was new toy > From: Dan Rossi <[email protected]> > Date: 06/18/2009 08:42 > > Dale can tell you more about what you can do with the Bosch Colt > router, > but I plan on trying it out to see if I can cut a profile on a 2X6 > in the > shape of my basement floor using the edge guide. > > Basically, it is a small hand-held router. Probably great for edge > trimming and such. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
