Knifemaking Tuesdays Week 48 - Vertical Lathe Media
Published: 11 years ago
This week I put together an interesting video on how to convert a milling machine into a lathe. http://www.GrimsmoKnives.com
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Often times I have to machine small round objects and my old lathe is not very accurate. By holding several turning tools in a "gang tooling block", it's like having a CNC lathe with an automatic tool changer! This method is well suited for smaller material up to 3/4", because you can hold it in an R8 collet. To hold bigger stuff you can make an adapter to attach a small 3-jaw chuck to the spindle.
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Often times I have to machine small round objects and my old lathe is not very accurate. By holding several turning tools in a "gang tooling block", it's like having a CNC lathe with an automatic tool changer! This method is well suited for smaller material up to 3/4", because you can hold it in an R8 collet. To hold bigger stuff you can make an adapter to attach a small 3-jaw chuck to the spindle.