Kiwi 'smith Dean
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2011
- Location
- Tauranga, New Zealand.
Hi Guys,
At the moment i'm looking at getting another new CNC lathe - nothing fancy just a basic 2-axis with a tailstock. I just wondered if there was anyone on here who had one of these little lathes in their shop and could comment on how they are finding it, good or bad? Pricing on them seems pretty sharp.
Particularly interested to know what you think about the tailstock design, function, and access to it, as that is something that will possibly end up being moved back and forth a bit for setups, and in the pics i have seen it may be a little crammed for access in there??
Lathe is set to feature the newer Fanuc Oi-Plus control (or whatever is after Oi-TF now), 8 station turret, and I will probably set it up with a manual chuck for the one-off, two-off and special setups that it's likely to be used for, not production. (i.e. no parts catcher or bar feeder, etc.)
Thanks in advance,
Dean.
At the moment i'm looking at getting another new CNC lathe - nothing fancy just a basic 2-axis with a tailstock. I just wondered if there was anyone on here who had one of these little lathes in their shop and could comment on how they are finding it, good or bad? Pricing on them seems pretty sharp.
Particularly interested to know what you think about the tailstock design, function, and access to it, as that is something that will possibly end up being moved back and forth a bit for setups, and in the pics i have seen it may be a little crammed for access in there??
Lathe is set to feature the newer Fanuc Oi-Plus control (or whatever is after Oi-TF now), 8 station turret, and I will probably set it up with a manual chuck for the one-off, two-off and special setups that it's likely to be used for, not production. (i.e. no parts catcher or bar feeder, etc.)
Thanks in advance,
Dean.