Just got a lathe to retrofit

[Hood]

BTW hope to have the X axis working soon, drive has been posted and should be winging its way over the pond next week

[Gridley51]

I should have added he was fat and bald as well as old and short.
Mark.

[Chaoticone]

LOL ........................ 

[Hood]

Well its been a while but I have done some cutting, still have a long way to go to get it finished. Next on the list will be to get the front toolpost piped up and its switches fitted and wired, so until thats done I cant bore or drill or even use back facing tools.
Hers a pic of the part and heres a link to the video. To give an idea of the size of the lathe the  stock is 70mmDia and 95mm length outside the jaws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvSh6j8x4Gc

[Chaoticone]

Nice looking piece Hood. The video is good to.

Brett

[fdos]

Well done Hood for at least getting it to cut something.   The old Hardinge won't be too far behind.

Watched your vid.   You running the spindle in reverse for that rear toolpost?   I'd normally run CW and use rh tools upside down.

Have you tried any real heavy cuts yet?

How are the new servo's working out?   I got one of those taiwanese AC servo's and drives here for testing, a 1kW job!

Wayne...

[Hood]

Well its actually running M3 in that direction so I suppose its running forward The way the original contactors are set up is that CW is default so obviously its meant for the rear turret.
Cant use tools upside down because of the wedge clamping for the tools, if I put them upside down they would be well below the centre line.
 The DOC in the video was I think 3mm but I have taken as much as 20mm off the Dia in one hit and it didnt seem to bother the lathe. Just dont want to do that DOC too often with the door open and no coolant as the spray of very hot curly bits of steel  can soon become uncomfortable

Servos seem to be working great, seems to be enough power but I suppose my first time pushing a 2" drill into some stainless will tell me if they are OK.

Let me know how the motors and drives look once you test them.

Hood

BTW do clocks run backwards when you get that far down south

[Chevy427z]

Good lord... another Mark??

Hey Hood! Just poppin in to say hi! I look forward to doing it in person again! Hope things are well with you! Nice work on the lathe! I am trying Mark's patience as he is trying to help me troubleshoot the old HXL. Keep up the good work and hi to the pup for me!

Mark

[Hood]

Good to hear from you Mark, hope you get the HXL working.

Hood

[jeep534]

Hood,
I just re read all the thread, how has the lathe been doing. how about an update. also what kind of drives did you end up using.

Happy Hunting
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