Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Hommel U-boat lathe

HI Peter,

U-boat lathe! I'd like to hear more about it, having spent many hours
back in AMR-1 (auxiliary machinery room 1) running the lathe on the boat
I was on (SSBN622).

Alan KM6VV



Sven Peter wrote:

>
> Hello friends,
> on my trip to Germany the nicest toy I saw was a german Hommel
> U-boat lathe. The owner Michael Remminger in Hamburg actually
> converts it to CNC.
> It is a unique 6 axis bench top universal machine. With all accessories
> you can use it practically as every imaginable tool machine.
> The dove tail slides are rigid, very accurate and have ground lead spindles
> with 1 mm pitch. Nearly all parts are hardened and ground.
> If anybody has one of these little toys I warmly recommend him to keep it
> and perhaps convert it to cnc.
> Best wishes to everybody.
> Sven Peter