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Redesign of my Grizzly G4000 9" X 19" lathe
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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