Lathes

[TimE-J]

Have you seen the main work area that workshop is attached to?

Then you get really jealous!

Any links or pics?

[andy10v]

Any links or pics?

Pretty nice for a hobby setup!



Pictures from motorgeek;

Coupe-s2+thread
http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30357

UR thread


http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44028

[Wheeljack]

oh my...that floor is so dirty...

[goodall]

As said bigger the better for both lathes and mills, more weight and body means less deflexion on heavy cuts.

I've used the center lathe t work lately its a good size a machine, 5 foot between centers and 8" swing over bed. Its has a digital read out in inches and the calibration on the hand wheels is in millimeter so can preform both. Other than that theres a bridgeport in the tool room with both manual and cnc control. There theres all the manual machines for surfacing and grinding which are actually left over from when the factory was a assembly plant for lockheed in WWII. Then theres roughly a dozen cnc turn/mill turret lathes used for production parts and about dozen vertical and horizontal cnc machines. So can make just about anything after work aslong theres no production work on the machines at the time

[pasbogdan]

Big is beter indeed.But not to big.For a milling machine removing the table and inserting dividing head is perfect when you do not need to call your family
And if you do unique parts you will have to do that often.

[Thuppu]

I'm searhing for a small lathe atm. Did look at those small china lathes, but the feeling wasn't good at all. Now I have been looking at a good old school Gamet(Colchester) Master mk1 lathe with a 2.2kW motor and many accessories, different chucks, quick change tool post, cutters etc... It looks like to be in very good condition. What would be a good rasonable price for this?

[JP]

I run a colchester 6.5 master with a bed gap. So able to reface flywheels and brakes upto 380mm on my custom hub adapters such a useful machine.

[Thuppu]

Ok. It will propably be a 6.5" Master. It looks exactly like this, only in a lot better looking condition. The asking price is 2500 euros.

[Error404]

They tend to go for a similar price over here Thomas, depending on condition & accessories

[andy10v]

Check what tooling it comes with, you can spend the same on tools as the lathe! (depending on what you want to do with it).

[Thuppu]

It comes with two 3-jaw chucks, one big 4-jaw chuck, one big dog plate, two steady rests, quick change tool post and tool mounts, normal cutters and hole cutters, + maybe something else.

[goodall]

Depending on what your looking to do, a Milling machine could be a lot more useful, particularly a CNC mill

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bridgeport...item5421f0ad41

Of course I am biased by the types of components I would rather make/fix, but most turning operations are very easily done on a Milling machine, of course there are plenty exceptions and you can use a lather to Mill

But having worked in the industry and knowing how to code and use CAM, I know which Id buy first. That said, I'd chose a lathe if I didn't know CNC very well

[Thuppu]

Oou my... I think I just made a deal of the lathe... Pics will follow when I get it.

[Error404]

Haha. Nice

[Thuppu]

Can't wait to get it. Maybe tomorrow or friday...

Couple of pics of the old lady and co.