Lathes for retrofit was Re: Crashing CNCs: what gives ?

David,

How small? The site I posted (Dakeng.com) has a converted 7x10 lathe,
with enough how-to for someone such as yourself to duplicate it...
Its owner, Dave Kowalczyk, is a member here; and can be found at the
TurboCNC yahoo group for sure. (TurboCNC itself is an outgrowth of
this lathe project!)

And there's always the Taig and Sherline retrofits.

Done well, any of these three will give performance far in excess of
typical expectation...

If going a bit bigger, the 9x20 type sold as "lathemaster" is a good
choice, or the 8x18 type sold as a BV-20. (I run a group called
9x20Lathe, where we don't think much of these two lathes, preferring
the "REAL" 9x20 types sold by Griz, HF, Enco, Jet, and others. But
that groups' focus is NON-cnc, so the things like QCGB, and carriage
drive by worm gear are useful, if not necessary. With a CNC retrofit,
these "good for manual use" things just get in the way.)

Go one size larger, and a whole new world of options arises...
Depends what one's meaning of "small" is<G>

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "David A. Frantz"
<wizard@e...> wrote:

>At the moment I'm looking around for a small lathe to become a home
>CNC project. It is a bit amazing to realize that I can do this in
>an affordable manner with out a huge outlay of $$$$$$$$$$$.
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>