On Friday 08 March 2013 11:37:17 dave did opine: > On Fri, 2013-03-08 at 01:17 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 08 March 2013 01:12:33 Eric Keller did opine: > > > A typical cnc lathe is limited to round things, so obviously less > > > generally useful than a CNC, but it's still pretty useful. The cnc > > > in our shop at work is always going with on-off projects. Today it > > > was making a test section for some sort of thermodynamics > > > experiment. They had it boring a 6" diameter chunk of stainless > > > with a 2" hole. Not exactly a fun job to do by hand, and there is > > > a lot to be said for setting up something like that and letting it > > > go. > > > Eric > > > > Not only that, but if the lathe isn't dead true, linuxcnc can make it > > dead true without calling in the factory folks to scrape ways until > > it is. That right there might cost several thousand. > > > > Very tightly controlled tapers are just the math to cut the taper and > > go. Need a rounded corner? g2/g3 works as well on the lathe as it > > does on the mill. > > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I had a disagreement with my employee today. I said that a > > > > retrofitted CNC milling machine, like my Bridgeport Interact, is > > > > supremely useful as a shop tool, but a CNC lathe has very little > > > > usefulness. I felt that there is not really much that one can do > > > > with a CNC lathe. He disagreed, but could not offer specifics. > > > > > > > > I want to see what you think, is a CNC lathe all that useful for > > > > someone who is nota job shop or a manufacturing operation. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Hi all, > One more advantage: one can thread at spindle speeds way beyond what a > human can handle and therefore use carbide tooling and improve the > finish. > > Dave
I have looked at carbide tools for that but they are very proud of them. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The > Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good > choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the > right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full > report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> "Now we'll have to kill you." -- Linus Torvalds I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
