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| bogstandard:
Bernd, That is starting to look just like one of these. http://www.chesteruk.net/store/cestrian_multi_function_machine.htm No idea what it does, but it looks nice. Bogs |
| Bernd:
It looks like a machine designed by a committe. Could be a mill wanting to be a lathe. Mine looks like a lathe wanting to be a mill. :lol: Have to agree with you though, it does look nice. Bernd |
| Brass_Machine:
Interesting Bernd. I like the idea of being able to index drill without unchucking the piece. Carry on! Eric |
| Bernd:
This whole idea came from seeing the Maximat lathe. A small presion lathe that had a mill head bolted to the back of the ways. I would have bought one but the price was way to prohibative. When I got the Sherline and saw how it was attached I figure I could make something similar. Now that I have the Logan lathe I can proceed with this project. First though I need to finish the index head that I started. Bernd |
| bogstandard:
Bernd, I really like your idea for this machine, it has really grabbed my imagination and praise. With a little thought and planning it could turn out to be a machine that will do all the little PITA jobs that crop up on the mill and lathe, although on this machine, they wouldn't be a PITA. Really the only thing that can hold you back is your imagination. Just think, by dropping on bits of tooling, taper turning, grinding, indexed angled drilling & milling etc. etc., in fact, as I said, you could let your imagination run wild. This is one to keep my eye on for picking up good ideas. I only wish I had the room to do something like it. Space envy. Bogs |
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