Open Technology Lathe Idea

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Interesting tailstock design there

MichaelG.

I've come across some daft stuff on the Internet but a thread discussing a video we aren't allowed to watch is right up there with the best!

👍 Thanks this made me laugh

There are several possible candidates on YouTube, can anyone tell me the colour of the final machine to narrow it down please.

In MEW300 I proposed a small adaptable lathe that could be easily changed in stages from a simple basic lathe through to a version with powered axes then finally onto a fully CNC lathe that could also be used manually or a mix of manual/ CNC as desired. The version show has a cast iron bed but this could be simplified with rectangular steel bars. I attach a screenshot. There are many more screenshots in my album.

Alan

I was surprised that neither Alan's articles, nor the previous one about updating small lathes didn't create any discussion. I preferred Alex du Pre's ideas, as they're easily applicable to existing machines yet improve some of the less satisfactory features; screwcutting and power feeds in particular

We had a small CNC mill (Boxford?) where I used to work and the column had two linear rails rather than dovetails. It worked fine so fabricating modest size machine tools from readily available components shouldn’t be too difficult.

I’ve actually seen the banned video before. I didn’t actually know it had links to suppliers until this thread as they don’t appear automatically on my iPad, you have to click on the arrow to display them which isn’t something I normally do.

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Well at least I made an attempt to prompt some discussion:

**LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=170797&p=2

31/01/2021 11:41:02

MichaelG.