The dealer should know about the cross feed. That dealer is getting a lot of
interest in his machinery.. I've seen quite a few other posts lately about
their stuff.
If the machine had power feed, they would most likely mention it.. it's not
mentioned as a feature of their 12x36 lathe either.

By looking at the picture, it looks like a basic 12x36" (or almost 40") with
the added mill assembly.. but it seems that the mill capability is very
limited to the size and position limits of the small cross table.
My guess is that someone wanted to try to add profit to the lathe by adding
an attachment (and a not-very-practical one at that).
The center-bed located mill attachment is somewhat more practical than the
usual headstock mounted mill head on 3in1 machines, but the workpiece table
is too small unless someone only needs to make small parts.
I suspect that the 3-15/16" tailstock ram travel is a misprint or an
exaggeration. About 2" of usable travel might be more realistic.

If there were a way to mill reasonable lengths in the longitudinal direction
with power feed, it would be a more practical reason for having the
attachment.
I've looked at quite a few 3in1 machines that have really small tables for
attaching the workpiece, and limited range of movement (either hand or power
feed).
Consider a full-sized mill with a 8x12 table, yikes.
When looking at multi-purpose machines, it might be worthwhile to decide
what can be mounted to the workpiece table.. a rotary table, a solid milling
vise, a spin indexer and/or other workholding accessories, to contemplate if
the machine is going to be versatile enough for many types of operations.
Otherwise, it might only be suitable for certain small parts.
This machine's lathe/mill capabilities look to be unusually
out-of-proportion. The cross table looks to be about 4x10". It has decent
lathe capabilities, but very limited in milling. You'd be able to turn
fairly large parts, but then setting up the big parts for milling additional
features on those parts would be a (big) problem.

If the designers(?) would manufacture an accessory to utilize the
longitudinal feed for milling longer pieces, they'd be making a decent
improvement.
I'd have to consider a removable sled (secured to avoid lift, and free to
travel) to ride the ways to support a longer/wider mill table.
Cross feed positioning would/might be problematic with a modification like
this.

The mill spindle is 3MT, but R8 would be a more economical approach as far
as the user adding tooling and accessories.

WB
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"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
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cross posted to both alt.machines.cnc and rec.crafts.metalworking

Does anyone have hands on experence with the following
combination lathe-mill? Strong points? Weak points?

In particular does it have power cross feed?

http://wttool.com/p/2007-0010

Thanks




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