No; I saw that lathe-on-a-mill-bed trick, and it was interesting, but better done using a proper big 4th axis. No; I meant this one:
http://www.tormach.com/product_lathe.html Rumour has it that the castings are made in China, and are readily available, but its the detail and the assembly that makes the difference, I think. Rather as you were suggesting with the SEIG kit. Marcus On 29 Sep 2014, at 08:57, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 9/29/2014 12:45 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote: >> Would a better solution ( or an as_well_as solution) be to have two saddles >> spaced widely apart? >> Or maybe we should all just save up and buy a Tormach. Slant-bed doesn't >> solve the basic problem, but its a good way to go. > > Tormach lathe? The little one they have for putting on their mill table? > That's just a modded Chinese 7x. 'Tis a neat idea to mount a small CNC > lathe onto a CNC mill. > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
