Hi,
I'm looking for a small, about Myford7 size, but extremely rigid lathe.
As rigid as possible, it's for accurate work on hard and hard-to-machine
materials.
Any suggestions? Budget is, as always, a concern, so nothing in the many
thousands range.
Peter Fairbrother
The Boxford is about ML-7 size - similar centre height and distance
between centers, similar footprint. It is reputed to be more rigid
than the Myford.
Regards,
Tony
Odd thing- this Murad Bormilathe thing.
One went to Antarctica and the Norwegian tug 'Norsel' took the 'first'
party out in 1949.
Whilst the RAF part were in the UK, they were based at RAF Hendon.
Not only was I at Hendon but I was very involved with the Flight of
two Austers which were based there as 'orphans'
I was recently offered a Jaguar from a later date but found that it
had wings on.
I think that a Bormilathe could go to Cosford to join the two
Antarctic Austers there in the Museum- after I am gone- of course.
Well?
Norm
Table top as is must set on a table or can it be integrated into th
table.
Do you need thread turning ability? Doing long stock. And what is yo
definition of hard to machine materials
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macon
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You are requesting a specification that has one specification
excluding the other.
Small and rigid can be got, just not cheap.
Unless you know where to get a nice Schaublin 102 for near free.
Hembrug (spelling?) made a couple smallish lathes that were designed
for "hardturning" which is supposedly the industry term for accurately
turning hardened materials to size , often with diamond tipped tooling,
at high RPM's.
How hard? How big? How fast does it have to be able to work?
You might want to explore other methods, such as toolpost grinding.
Without pounding a massive hole in a bank account, I doubt that you
are going to find a much more rigid lathe in the size range of the Myford.
You can, however do much better for the same money if you are willing
to deal with a far larger and heavier machine.
Cheers
Trevor Jones
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