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gbbarnes

Plastic
Joined
Nov 16, 2002
Location
Elk,Ca. USA
I am interested in upgrading from a 14" takasawa lathe to a cnc/toolroom lathe that can turn 9" over crosslide.The lathe will be used in a toolroom to maintain and build production machinery.Pretty light usage, not at all for weeks at a time then for 2 to 6 hrs.Mostly cutting alum.I am happy with the current lathe except it is not quite large enough.My thought is that as long as I have to get another lathe, why not add cnc capability(I have one job that I have to manually profile)

I would like to spend around 20,000 so the lathe would have to be used.Does anyone have a recommendation as to what to look for and what to avoid?

thanks
 
GB,go to the general section and scroll down untill you see a post called "forum"by sasbenson. while not all of it pertains to your question there is some good info which could be helpfull to you.BTW if your takisawa is for sale,we know some one in eureka looking for a good 14 incher.maybe you could email me a couple of pics. Regards
Steve B
 








 
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