The lathe is a clausing.. quick change tool holder,3 jaw chuck and a collet
closer, taper attacment and all the usual tooling. the lead screws are
starting to get a little tired or at least the nuts are. I was thinking
about changing over to ball screws have you ever done a retro fit on an
older lathe to ball screws?
If i was to learn any new machining i would love to learn metal spinning..
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of cmpile
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:51 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tools
>
>
> List & Dave Dahlgren -
>
> Dave you didn't mention the brand of your lathe so maybe
> you're not very
> proud of it?
> Sounds like you need just one more tool to complete your
> collection - a
> wire EDM. They're a bitch to program sometimes, but you can't beat the
> precision & versatility. Not to mention, but with a cutting kerf
> of only .010
> across, material wastage can be kept to the bare minimum. Even if it is
> French, Charmille makes a good one!
>
> Chris Pile aka aircap
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