On Saturday 14 May 2016 16:56:33 Bruce Layne wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I have a Grizzly G1006 Chinese bench top mill drill that may be > getting the slowest LinuxCNC conversion in the world. It cost about > $1400 new, a long time ago, and it's probably paid for itself ten > times over. That being said, if I was buying a milling machine now, > I'd buy a used but in decent shape Bridgeport or similar clone. It's > an entirely different class of tool. > > A few years ago, I bought my Clausing 4900 lathe on Craig's List. It's > an ugly shade of blue after someone decided to paint it, but even > though I bought it used for $1200, it's a very sweet little lathe. > It's only 3/4 HP, but it works very well, and can remove material > faster than the 2 HP G1006 that has thin castings and is much less > rigid. I initially thought about buying a new G0602 lathe to convert > to CNC and I'm very glad I didn't. > > I'd avoid a Chinese lathe, even if it does say "Pittsburgh" on it. > > I'd be looking at something like this: > > www.ebay.com/itm/Clausing-10x24-Lathe-Model-4903-/152086658636 > 24" won't do, even once, what I might want to do with a 28 or 29 raw rifle barrel.
> And as Ken commented, it is frustrating to buy a lathe with a bunch of > expensive and complicated mechanical features that are only going to > be stripped off for the CNC conversion, anyway. I wish there was a > stout but simple lathe mechanism that was ready for CNC conversion. So do I Bruce, but I sure haven't found it yet. > Good luck! > > Bruce Thank you. 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
