Re: slant bed CNC lathe

At 06:38 AM 5/20/99 -0500, you wrote:

>From: psp@... (Phil Plumbo)
>
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>>From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
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>>South Bend model A 9" lathe. I have a full cross slide from a giant
>>LeBlond that I want to set up just behind the bed of the South Bend, at an
>>angle, to make a slant bed CNC lathe. It would be possible to leave the
>>manual aspect of the lathe alone that way.
>
>Dan, this sounds interesting but I can't visualize it. Could you please
>elaborate on this?
>
>Phil Plumbo
>

Phil,
I have this huge cross slide that has about 10" of travel, with a compound
that has 3" of travel. If the 10" long dovetail slide was mounted parallel
to the South Bend's ways, at an angle that still permits a toolpost mounted
on it to reach- it could be a second bed on the lathe. This might seem a
little far fetched, but it looks like it would permit both manual and cnc
control.
I am sorry that my explanation is murky. When I make a drawing, I will post
it in the dropbox.
A quick and dirty way of making a cnc lathe with a South Bend is to mount a
Sherline XY table on the ways.

Dan