Re: SPL-15 Tailstock
Originally Posted by
compunerdy
I was able to do testing on one and I love mine so far..
You sweet talk Tormach into letting you beta test?
Or did they take pity on you, since you paid to beta test their lathe, so they hooked you up with free stuff?
You aren't hiding a turret or enclosure up your sleeve too, by any chance?
Originally Posted by
compunerdy
When the z is far right up against the tailstock the x can come down and crash into the tailstock.
sound like the voice of bitter experience..
That pretty much is what happens on a manual lathe anytime you are using a tailstock... although the results aren't as disastrous, since usually you are moving by hand toward the tailstock and by power away from it. And not moving at 100 ipm either...
Originally Posted by
compunerdy
It does limit it by the width of the base.
Without the tailstock in place, can you move the cross slide all the way to the end of the ways, or does it stop a couple of inches short of the end?
What would you say the maximum USEFUL z travel is with the tailstock in place (since the quill would run into your tooling/turret/QCTP if you get too near the tailstock)?
Tim
Tormach 1100-3, Grizzly G0709 lathe, Clausing 8520 mill, SolidWorks, HSMWorks.