Diy lathe add ons.
Diy live tooling lathe.
A new cnc machine is a very expensive investment even a simple two axis x z lathe would represent a large investment for most companies.
I am willing to sacrifice some power and rigidity to just leave the machine and let it run.
In machining jargon where the larger context is.
We have a small 6 2 axis that we just love but always need live tooling for something.
It could free up another machine.
However with the advent of plastics and other materials and with their inherent versatility they are used in a wide range of applications and a broad range of materials.
A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials.
This article is about driven tools sometimes known as live tooling on a cnc lathe and how we use g12 1 g112 to mill shapes.
Hope you are inspired.
They were originally designed to machine metals.
Anyone ever added live tooling to a 2 axis lathe.
So i started creating them as i went.