Diy lathe add ons.
Diy live tooling lathe.
I am willing to sacrifice some power and rigidity to just leave the machine and let it run.
A new cnc machine is a very expensive investment even a simple two axis x z lathe would represent a large investment for most companies.
A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials.
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However with the advent of plastics and other materials and with their inherent versatility they are used in a wide range of applications and a broad range of materials.
I bought a small harbor freight lathe for 200 something and never had the money to buy all the tools i wanted for it.
So i started creating them as i went.
We have a small 6 2 axis that we just love but always need live tooling for something.
They were originally designed to machine metals.
This article is about driven tools sometimes known as live tooling on a cnc lathe and how we use g12 1 g112 to mill shapes.
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It could free up another machine.