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.
Diy live tooling lathe.
Hope you are inspired.
I bought a small harbor freight lathe for 200 something and never had the money to buy all the tools i wanted for it.
We have a small 6 2 axis that we just love but always need live tooling for something.
Diy lathe add ons.
Diy or mtb add on.
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.
They were originally designed to machine metals.
I am willing to sacrifice some power and rigidity to just leave the machine and let it run.
Anyone ever added live tooling to a 2 axis lathe.
In machining jargon where the larger context is.
A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials.
It could free up another machine.