Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Hommel U-boat lathe

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Sven Peter <peteryco@r...>
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

Myself and a group of friends are precision machine tool addicts.
One of the machines we lust after is this Hommel you describe.
Would there be any additional information you could provide to
locating where one of these could be bought (second-hand obviously)?