Machine Shop-Tools

Thereminator · Post by **Thereminator** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 12:58 pm

Yeah Jon,Head constrution would be a deal-breaker.I would hope it would have Specs. that would help you decide,but hiden quality-flaws wouldnt suprise me one bit.Ive operated cnc lathe + endmill and man. mill at a couple diferent job~shops and even on the big,high production machines,if we didnt watch our cutting tool and speed,we could easley crash(although bad Cad-Cam numbers where the most typical).So mabey lower cutting-speed and a premeium cutting-tool could help counter bad specs...The best way would be to find someone useing them and see first-hand what the performance tolerance is.Someones gotta be useing them,right? <_<

3A-C Power · Post by **3A-C Power** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:47 pm

I always make up for crappy tooling setups by reducing the depth of cut and the feedrate to something that works. I'm afriad those cheap minimills are just not strong enough to do serious work on harder steels. Probably not enough stiffness. But for $300 and considering there's alot I could do with it, I think it's worth giving a chance. Those little lathes seem to offer more promise. Having a 6 o 7" swing is big enough to do all my tranny work and some of them may be long enough to do an output shaft on.

Thereminator · Post by **Thereminator** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 2:12 pm

Id like to see what you adventualy get and what you can do-with-it,Makeing your parts...Way cool Jon,Way cool!!!