Member postings for Chris Walter

Well, slight change of plan...

Putting together a Plasma CNC now, and making do with a VMS on the lathe (unless, obviously the right mill turns up down the road...)

Thanks for the input! (And I'm also going to buy the bandsaw to help cut the box section for the plasma table).

Chris.

Thanks Dave! My order so far.....

Can't quite stretch to this either...

**LINK**

C.

I saw that one!

It's gone already!

Thanks though.

Thanks for the responses all.

Where would people look for second hand mills of a Centec 2A size? ~£1k mark?

I've looked on lathes.co.uk and obviously the classifieds here, Gumtree and ebay...

Going to respond later to your (exceptionally useful!) list Dave. I may have broken the order a tad...

Chris.

Hi all,

First post here! So be gentle...

I've recently bought a 7x14 lathe from Amadeal and am generally very pleased with it. I've stripped it down and replaced the saddle (the dovetail that partnered the gib strip was a radius!) and lapped in most of the lubricated interfaces.

I've also bought a vertical milling slide and pretty underwhelmed with it (too large a moment around it's centre to the headstock, limited range, etc..)

I am currently looking for a mill similar to a Centec 2A or ideally a 2B for <£1k and sourcing parts for a CNC plasma table build.

I do not have a bandsaw though! And am growing tired of all the tiny bits of steel powder everywhere in the workshop...

So I'm now wondering whether I should delay the mill and finance the bandsaw first (~£250?) or just speed up the plasma build!

What order did people acquire their kit in!?

Ta,

Chris.