Diy Live Tooling Lathe
In machining jargon where the larger context is.
Diy live tooling lathe. It could free up another machine. We have a small 6 2 axis that we just love but always need live tooling for something. Support me on patreon. So i started creating them as i went.
I am willing to sacrifice some power and rigidity to just leave the machine and let it run. A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. Diy or mtb add on. Diy lathe add ons.
However with the advent of plastics and other materials and with their inherent versatility they are used in a wide range of applications and a broad range of materials. This article is about driven tools sometimes known as live tooling on a cnc lathe and how we use g12 1 g112 to mill shapes. Anyone ever added live tooling to a 2 axis lathe. A new cnc machine is a very expensive investment even a simple two axis x z lathe would represent a large investment for most companies.