rcfreak177
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G'day All. I thought that I might show off my mini lathe and mill which I have converted to cnc. It has been a long winded project(12 months) but I am nearly there. Both machines are running ball screws all round. The lathe proved to be a real challenge because I wanted the x axis screw to be mounted in the original location which required some fine tuning to fit the 6mm nsk gear in there. all in all I am very happy with the result and the accuracy of both machines. the next project is to compleate some machine guards to stop the illusive flying swarf issue, especially the mill wich has a 4000rpm spindle. I also picked up a valve refacing/Injector service machine (Merlin NR2)
in excellent working order for $200aus, which I plan on modifying to grind mini crankshafts, valves and seats etc for my 1/4 scale v8 build. http://s897.photobucket.com/albums/ac174/rcfreak177/machine shop pics/
in excellent working order for $200aus, which I plan on modifying to grind mini crankshafts, valves and seats etc for my 1/4 scale v8 build. http://s897.photobucket.com/albums/ac174/rcfreak177/machine shop pics/