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[cobra428]

Grizzly 10x22 with Shooting star 2 axis DRO

Tony

 

[rake60]

I started this thread on July 10, 2007.
This web site was exactly 2 days old at that time.

Now I think it was a bad idea.
Tool envy is a terrible thing to live with!

Nice toys guys! Thm:

Rick

 

[BMyers]

The newest addition to the fleet. A 1958 10" Logan

 

[Antman]

Hi
Glad to be on someone else’s thread. My lathe is still on the floor. Sometimes I envy you guys, South Africa is a vibrant Thirld World country… I don’t know where its economy comes from. I just made the long trip to Durban and came back with the best lathe I could find. Looking at it on the floor… The “intermediate gear” gear is plastic … major dissapointment … why? If I would have known I could have dealt with the suppliers, like I’ll only buy the thing together with a box of 10 plastic gears. Now I’ll have to go to the ends of the Earth to find a spare.
Ant

 

[Stan]

Ant: I think that most lathes that use a plastic gear, use it as a shear pin. They are assuming that inexperienced people will be using the lathe and it is better to break a plastic gear than to trash the lathe. If you are confident in your capabilities, I am sure that you could get a metal gear to replace it. Probably not from the lathe company but from a gear company.

 

[Tin Falcon]

I started this thread on July 10, 2007.
This web site was exactly 2 days old at that time.

Now I think it was a bad idea.
Tool envy is a terrible thing to live with!

Nice toys guys! Thm:

Rick

Hear Hear you are so right.

Ant You should have some safety easy to replace easily broken part in the system keep a spare or two on hand. If there is not a weak point to break lots of things could bend and cause real havoc.
Tin

 

[cfellows]

Nothin' purtier than a metal lathe. No matter how big, how small, or where it's made, you gotta love'm! I'd love to have one of each!

Chuck

 

[Thad Swarfburn III]

Here's my Emco Compact 8. Bought it a few months back. Has been run hard and put away wet. It was full of brass swarf when I got it, and the belt was on wrong. I had to make a new toolpost for it (out of 4340) as some rough pr**k had turned the clamping screws hard enough to distort the old one. Haven't made anything of value yet - still gathering tooling. I've made a faceplate from 6000 series ally, and a cast iron adaptor to hold a Chinese 100mm 4-jaw. Still need parting and boring tools. The lead screw is bent (I suspect from being crudely moved) and causes "ribbing" in horizontal cuts. This will be straightened. I'll also take the bed into work to put on our CMM and grind it if it's really bad.

On that note, can anyone tell me the reason for the tailstock being on a separate set of v-ways?

My neighbour's got the same lathe in fine condition (he paid 4 times what I did) and I keep lusting after his milling attachment.

Keep posting these, guys. I'm enjoying seeing some of the older iron. Those Monarchs are sweet!

Matt

 

[kvom]

On that note, can anyone tell me the reason for the tailstock being on a separate set of v-ways?

All the lathes I've seen have separate ways for the tailstock and carriage. Since the carriage will move a lot more than the tailstock over time, I imagine that it's to keep wear on the carriage ways from taking the tailstock off center.

 

[Tin Falcon]

DIYM cute little lathe what brand is it cant say it is under powered.!!!
Tin

 

[RobWilson]

Looking good Diymania......... Thm:

Regards Rob

 

[Foozer]

And here if the lathe thing almost done:

Thm:

Robert

 

[Deanofid]

I figure its my turn to join this thread with my rather useless little lathe...

I wouldn't call a Unimat "useless". There has been a lot of top end work done with these.
Looking better too, now that you have it out of that "pile-o-hazards"..
;D

Dean

 

[lathe nut]

Nice looking lathe, makes me want to go lathe hunting and I found this one, another yard sale, Lathe Nut

 

[Sanny]

My Grayson 3 1/2 Lathe

 

[oncenter]

I've had a few hobby lathes in my basement.
The one I have now is this Grizzly 9 X 19

It's the same machine sold by Harbor Freight as a 9 X 20
Grizzly measures to a live center vs. a dead center.
Their made in China!!! :shock: Any REAL machinist knows that means
their nothing but JUNK! Let's keep that mith alive to keep the prices in
line. :wink: A better compound clamp a tweak where and there and I
have NO complaints!!!! It's been a great little machine for the price.

 

[macona]

Got my little Hercus making chips.

Here is a video of it cutting 1/2"-13 threads in 6061... At 2000RPM.

It can go faster than that though...

http://www.youtube.com/v/YKb2g5xalEk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0

I thought I had posted the machine earlier when I got it, guess not.

Hercus Compulathe, made in 86. Main board was fried so I have spend the past 4 months or so retrofitting it. Was DC brushed servo with resolver feedback. 80w motors on each axis. I have replaced them with Mitsubishi Brushless servos, 400w on the carriage and 200w on the cross slide. Now does 380ipm.

 

[Maryak]

Mac,

Very Impressive. :bow: :bow:

Best Regards
Bob

 

[New_Guy]

oh man serious tool envy right here i would kill for that CNC!!! i cant believe its a hercus

 

[cfellows]

Wow, I want one of those!

Chuck