On Saturday 24 October 2009, Dave wrote: >Oh yes. The work piece blanks start out at about 550 lbs. > >There is a gantry and chainfall over the lathe to handle the parts. > >Everything is way to heavy to handle without assistance. > >The largest lathe I have seen first hand is in Evansville, IN at a motor >rewind shop. This 3 foot swing lathe looks like a baby lathe compared >to it. >The swing is over 6 feet and the distance between centers is something >like 30+ feet long. Crazy big. They use it to turn really large motor >and generator armatures. Everything is huge. I'm sure that there are >even bigger ones out there though that do big gear blanks and long ship >prop shafts etc. > >There are some videos of similar sized lathes on Youtube. > >Dave > Thanks Dave
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