gradstdnt_99
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2004
- Location
- USA, Midwest
I've got a manual lathe I've been looking to get another live center for. I have a junky one I use for basic stock removal and reserve the Royal I bougt new for more high accuracy work. My beater center was never that great thus I'm looking for a replacement. SI've been looking at "quality imports" like a Skoda. I keep seeing both "standard" pont and "CNC" point configurations. For a manual lathe I see the benefit of increased clearances to the part when turning to the end of the shaft. It looks like the longer more slender CNC nose would sacrafice stiffness, and thus repeatability when turning work with different depths of cut.
Don't exactly know what I'm giving up, if anything. Any insight into those that have used both. Tradeoffs or shortcomings... is there a new world I'm missing because I don't have one.
Don't exactly know what I'm giving up, if anything. Any insight into those that have used both. Tradeoffs or shortcomings... is there a new world I'm missing because I don't have one.