Re: I'm thinking of buying a small lathe

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Lloyd Leung" <lloyd@l...> wrote:

> I'm thinking of buying a small lathe...
>
> Main objective
> - make it CNC
>
> Secondary Objective
> - make it able to cut titanium (with a bucket of sand really close

by)

> - Able to make bore out holes
>

Concerning machining Ti, you obviously understand that you don't
want the metal to catch fire. This means you can't have very light
cuts. As such, you need a heavy and powerful machine to run heavy
finishing cuts.

I would suggest a bigger machine - ideally some big American iron.
Also, you need powerful drives because if you stall the cutter in
the cut, this creates very small chips, and a lot of heat. You can
see where I'm going.

Regards,

Robin