Convert Manual Lathe Cnc

We see a lot of CNC Machines here on Hackaday but not too many of them are lathe-based. [Jim] sent us an email letting us know his dissatisfaction regarding the lack of CNC Lathes and included a link to one of his recent projects, converting a small manual lathe to computer control. This isn’t some ‘ slap on some steppers‘ type of project, it’s a capable of tight tolerances and threading. The project is based on a 7×12 Mini Lathe. Virtual Pc Xp Vhd Center there. There are several brands to choose from and they are almost identical. Check out this. [Jim] started with Homier brand.

Kit Review: Mini Mill CNC Conversion. Game One Piece Mugen 2012. That initial desire has led Michael to design and fabricate CNC conversion kits for small manual mills and lathes. Hey everyone I'm going to ask for help on retrofitting a pair of manual lathe's to cnc anybody with experience please give me any advice. One is a hardinge dove tail.

The first thing to get upgraded was not related to the CNC conversion. The 3″ chuck was replaced with a 5″. Changing it over was easy using an adapter plate made for the task. For the X Axis, the stock ways and lead screw were removed and replaced by a THK linear slide. This slide only has 2.5″ of travel and is perfect for this application.

The travel being so short allowed the final eBay auction price to be under $40. Just like the X Axis stock hardware, all of the Z Axis parts were also ditched in favor of another eBay find, a 10mm ball screw and nut.

Animated Miracles Yigal Mesika Pdf on this page. [Jim] had to make his own brackets to mount the motor to the bed and the ball nut to the carriage. The new brackets bolt up to the machine in the same manner the stock parts did making the install a little easier.