Re: Advice on low cost system

>    From: "wenger2k" <wenger2k@...>
> Subject: Advice on low cost system

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> I would also like to have the ability to mill round stock.  Ideally
> I'd like to be able to put a gnurled surface onto round stock as well
> as standard threads - with the addition of a fourth axis will this be
> possible with the smaller machines or will I need to go to a CNC
> lathe?

This sounds like lathe work although you can thread mill by holding the
round stock so that its axis is parallel to the axis of the spindle and
run a thread mill in a circle around the stock.

HTH

Ray