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using lathe as a mill?
"Ignoramus32621" wrote in message ... Are there any attachments for lathes that would allow me to use a lathe as a poor man's mill? Yes there are. They are called milling attachements. They are very limited in what they can do however. For an example look at http://www.campbelltools.com/palmgren.htm look for Lathe Milling Attachments. Lane |
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Milling adapters for lathes are commonly avialable on eBay for Atlas
and other brands of lathes. I picked up one in like new condition (for a 12" Atlas) about a year ago for roughly $200. This price included the Atlas milling collet and drawbar. Harry C. |
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for details see
http://my.tbaytel.net/jstudio/atlas_lathe_milling.txt http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/news/oct97/oct97.html for some attachments see http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ProductID=1681 http://www.lathemaster.com/MILLING%20ATTACHMENT.htm http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...PMPXNO=2111822 http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...PMPXNO=2111823 GmcD ============================================= On 21 Apr 2005 18:31:14 GMT, Ignoramus32621 wrote: Are there any attachments for lathes that would allow me to use a lathe as a poor man's mill? i |
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
for details see http://my.tbaytel.net/jstudio/atlas_lathe_milling.txt http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/news/oct97/oct97.html for some attachments see http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ProductID=1681 http://www.lathemaster.com/MILLING%20ATTACHMENT.htm http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...PMPXNO=2111822 http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...PMPXNO=2111823 Or you can make one. I milled a toolpost for a 10" Atlas out of a block of steel, using only a Logan lathe with Phase II QC toolholder. The QC toolholder itself makes a limited-range milling attachment. With some engenuity the range can be expanded. An angle block with a small vice attached is a good start, also. |
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In article , Rex B says...
Or you can make one. I always thought the Metal Lathe Accessories one was nice: http://sc-c.com/metallathe/MLA-5.html Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article ,
Lane lane (no spam) at copperaccents dot com wrote: "Ignoramus32621" wrote in message ... Are there any attachments for lathes that would allow me to use a lathe as a poor man's mill? Yes there are. They are called milling attachements. They are very limited in what they can do however. For an example look at http://www.campbelltools.com/palmgren.htm look for Lathe Milling Attachments. And why in the world does he *want* one? He just got a beautiful Clausing mill which will run rings around any such adaptor. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
... And why in the world does he *want* one? He just got a beautiful Clausing mill which will run rings around any such adaptor. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Umm, carve squares you mean? ;o) Tim -- "California is the breakfast state: fruits, nuts and flakes." Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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Are there any attachments for lathes that would allow me to use a
lathe as a poor man's mill? Yes there are. They are called milling attachements. They are very limited in what they can do however. For an example look at http://www.campbelltools.com/palmgren.htm look for Lathe Milling Attachments. And why in the world does he *want* one? He just got a beautiful Clausing mill which will run rings around any such adaptor. Enjoy, DoN. The acquisition of tooling is it's own reward. Has nothing to do with logic, else we'd just carry our projects down to the local job-shop and pay the hourly rate for machining (which would be cheaper than the acquisition cost of our tools). |
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"Rex B" wrote in message ... Are there any attachments for lathes that would allow me to use a lathe as a poor man's mill? Yes there are. They are called milling attachements. They are very limited in what they can do however. For an example look at http://www.campbelltools.com/palmgren.htm look for Lathe Milling Attachments. And why in the world does he *want* one? He just got a beautiful Clausing mill which will run rings around any such adaptor. Enjoy, DoN. The acquisition of tooling is it's own reward. Has nothing to do with logic, else we'd just carry our projects down to the local job-shop and pay the hourly rate for machining (which would be cheaper than the acquisition cost of our tools). But it's usually tooling which we believe will expand our mastery of the physical universe by adding some new capability to our arsenal. |
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