Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe !!!!

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awemawson:
Having overcome the 'Emergency Stop' link that originally would have come from the lathe I was able to try things out. Turns out that the 'shoe' that pushes the bar runs in an extrusion, and some kind fellow over the years has given it a whack, closing up the channel that the shoe runs in at the far end of its travel. The result was that it jammed and was useless!

I experimented tapping a suitably sized (2" x 0.25") flat steel bar down the extrusion and sure enough could open it enough for the shoe to slide freely, but it would spring back when the bar was removed. Solution: leave a bit of the bar in there, strategically placed so it opens up the channel but doesn't foul the shoe - jobs a good 'un!

Now I can manually operate the machine to pick up a bar in the channel, go through the motions of pushing it into the feeder tube in the lathe spindle, then advance the 'pusher' to feed stock through an opened chuck or collet up to a bar stop.

Whether I'll ever use it is highly debatable :lol:

awemawson:
One thing I did manage to get done during the onslaught by grandchildren, was to put the lathe cabinet doors back on. This had a rather amusing (in retrospect) knock on result.

I was sitting at the pc with the lathe on in the back ground, and suddenly the noise level went down dramatically. My first thought was something like a servo amp had failed and tripped a breaker. Heart in mouth moment !

Turns out, now the doors are back on the chiller unit is only cooling the cabinet and not the whole of my workshop, and had turned off as it's thermostat said it was cool enough. ...phew !!!!!!

awemawson:
I came across a rather nice 'Foundry Bench' on ebay a couple of weeks ago made by Emir out of solid beech. I already have an identical one and know how well made they are. Turned out no one else was interested and I won it for a snip. Seller is a hobbyist machine dealer I've known for over 30 years. What's this got to do with a CNC lathe you may ask. Patience - all will be revealed :ddb:

awemawson:
So I went up to collect it recently with the big Ifor Williams trailer. Looking at his racks of Myford and Colchester chucks and already having a Kitagawa B206 hydraulic chuck on my wants list I posed the question, knowing that this sort of item is way off where he would usually be dealing. No never heard of 'em came the response but we do have this rather nice unusual chuck showing me a box.

awemawson:
Turns out it is interchangeable with the Kitagawa one I had in mind, was available for a silly price AND came with a large box of top jaws.

All seem to be brand new unused and the chuck is in its original box. I came back a happy bunny.

Now I need to obtain a converter flange from an A6 spindle nose to an A5 chuck. Basically a disk with the appropriate holes in but rather accurately made and balanced.

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