Re: CNC Lathe

wayde,

All the things you've mentioned can be done on a CNC lathe which has
live tooling and a full C axis spindle. Those features are offered
as options on practically every lathe on the market these days.
Expect to spend at least $100K.

Doug




--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Wayde C Gutman <wcgutman@m...>
wrote:

> ....easily capable of turning all sorts of shapes squares, hex,....
>
> I had to stop and think about this before stuffing my size 12 boot

and

> foot into my mouth...
>
> It _could_ be possible if the lathe had a turret with power enabled
> tooling, or power enable cross-slide, plus have the headstock be

enabled

> to lock and index in the same way as an indexing head.
>
> Cam profiles requires that the centerline of the part be offsetted.
>
> Have anyone seen any of the above done ? In my mind that is one

spendy

> custom CNC Lathe.