Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Subject: Taig as XZ lathe slide

Doug,
I have talked to Omniturn and Upgrade Technologies (now Upgrade New England). Omniturn will sell you nothing but a complete
kit, you were right about that. UT will sell you a slide, they cost 7500 bucks. He said that he MIGHT be able to scrounge me up a
used one and that would be at least 3500.
I am working on a design of my own, even though it will probably end up as one of those half finished ones you mentioned.

dougrasmussen@... wrote:

> Brian,
>
> It's somewhat of a moot point because I doubt very much Omniturn
> would sell a slide assembly only and not a complete conversion kit.
> You can't even buy their tooling unless you can prove you are the
> owner of a genuine Omniturn machine.
>
> Even if they would sell their slide assembly, I don't think it'd be
> as much as $7.5K. The whole kit including control, servos, etc, is
> only around $16-17K.
>
> As to your point about building your own slide....I've heard quite a
> few machinists say how easy it would be to build one. Still haven't
> seen any. I have seen a couple of half completed units, though.
>
> If someone were interested in building a slide for a Hardinge type
> machine, the unit from Upgrade Technologies (or whatever their
> current name is) might be a better choice. Upgrade will sell
> components, actually they'll sell you anything. Cash talks with
> Upgrade!!
>
> thanks,
>
> Doug
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Brian Pitt <bfp@e...> wrote:
> >
> > I've used an Omniturn retrofit on a Hardinge clone at the shop
> > for hobby use 7.5k would be alot to spend
> > for a job shop it bolts on in a couple hours and pays for itself in
> no time
> > it all depends on where you draw the bottom line :-)
> >
> > the hardware end is fairly simple and could be thrown together over
> > a weekend or two ,the Z axis uses linear rails hung over the
> original dovetail
> > on a gull wing mount to reduce the slide height and widen the base
> > the X axis slide is about the same with a gang tooling plate on top
> > 5/8 ballscrews and mounts with servo motors or steppers + encoders
> > and you can move on to the electronics and software parts
> >
> > Brian
> >
>
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