Re: Sherline CNC Mill/Lathe Improvements

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Carol & Jerry Jankura"
<jerry.jankura@s...> wrote:

> I visited your site. Quite impressive modifications that you've

made.

>
> A couple questions?
>
> 1. Would it have made sense to start out with the model 2000 mill

instead of

> the one you started with? I would think that you would not have

had to do

> much alteration to get the throat that you wanted.
>

I don't think the model 2000 was available when I bought my setup
around 5 years ago. With this mod I do get 12" of y-axis travel
without needing to reposition the stock.

> 2. From a practical standpoint, how much overhead to you find in

converting

> from the mill to the lathe, and back? Is this a valid concern, or

is it like

> the Shopsmith - those who have the machine know that it's no

problem to

> convert; those who have never had one think it's a real problem.

The lathe conversion is pretty simple. I just have to reposition the
spindle and motor horizontally onto the aluminum base plate. I then
use the existing x,y slides to mount the cutting tool. Being able to
reuse the parts from the mill for the lathe conversion saved a lot
of money.

Danh

>
> -- Jerry
>
>
> > Sorry folks. The link should be:
> >
> > http://www.imaginerobots.com
> >
> > The period got added to the end of the url link in the original
> > message.