Re: CNC driving of lathe leadscrew

There was a three-part series in Modeltec in the late 1990's about
doing this with an Atlas/Craftsman 6" lathe. I believe the series is
still available from them. Charles


"david_margrave" wrote:

> Is it possible to drive a lathe leadscrew using CNC, rather than via
> the change gears? I know that this would also require a way to get
> the spindle RPMS. But it seems like this would give you far more
> flexibility of standard/metric thread pitches, as well as simply

finer

> control of feed rates for general turning, than is possible with
> change gears.
>
> Dave