Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Is this too nuts to consider ?

Personally, I think it would be much simpler, quicker and lots cheaper to
simply use a differnt gear ratio on one of the compound gears between the
spindle and the gearbox.

In fact if you change the gearing enough you COULD set up the lathe for
machining real slow twists required for barrel rifling.

Smoke

>I want/need to cut a MUCH coarser thread than my lathe is capable of.
>Ruminating upon possible solutions to the problem
>
> ( when I as younger, I used to THINK about problems, but now ... )
>
>it occurs to me that if I attached a stepper or servo to the lathe
>SPINDLE ( somehow ) and suitably configured the "steps per inch"
>parameter based upon the diameter of the material, I could cut threads
>via CNC !
>
>Certainly, math errors could be a problem and it's unlikely to be
>fast, but it SEEMS like it might work .. any comments ?
>
>Alan