8x24 electronic leadscrew lathe - new $2,300 Oak Bay N.B.

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[slow-poke]

I imagine change gears in this class of lathe will soon be obsolete.

 

[djberta]

I imagine change gears in this class of lathe will soon be obsolete.

Very true. Its a big leap when you look at the fact that lathes have not changed much. Belts, pulleys and gear changes will be a thing of the past. I would love that lathe myself. I'm stuck in conversion hell for an electronic leadscrew on my busy bee 9x20 lathe.

 

[Susquatch]

Belts, pulleys and gear changes will be a thing of the past.

I doubt it, and I hope not. I enjoy changing gears on my lathe.

If my goal was efficiency and productivity, I'd be going full CNC. I'd guess that's where the machinery industry is eventually headed.

Thank God, it won't happen in my lifetime.

 

[gerritv]

I have found that CNC is a PITA in the hobby shop (for the most part), while an ELS has been very useful. If the CNC controller doesn't have good conversational, I would pass on it.
The biggest hurdle with CNC for small projects is the CAM portion, although I recently stumbled on https://grid.space/. Haven't tried it yet on my PathPilot controlled cnc but it should save a bunch of fiddling in fusion360

 

[Susquatch]

I have found that CNC is a PITA in the hobby shop (for the most part), while an ELS has been very useful. If the CNC controller doesn't have good conversational, I would pass on it.

I wasn't suggesting that CNC is better. Just that lower cost factory CNC is more likely to arrive in volume than low cost factory ELS.

In both cases, it's not for me and I hope neither one ever happens in volume. Give me a nice solid manual machine please.

 

[slow-poke]

Very true. Its a big leap when you look at the fact that lathes have not changed much. Belts, pulleys and gear changes will be a thing of the past. I would love that lathe myself. I'm stuck in conversion hell for an electronic leadscrew on my busy bee 9x20 lathe.

Are you doing the Clough42 conversion?

I converted my CX706 to ELS quite a while back, if I can be of assistance let me know, I found the conversion fairly straightforward so I might be able to help.

I can't imagine why someone would prefer swapping greasy gears to a few simple button presses.

 

[gerritv]

I wasn't suggesting that CNC is better. Just that lower cost factory CNC is more likely to arrive in volume than low cost factory ELS.

In both cases, it's not for me and I hope neither one ever happens in volume. Give me a nice solid manual machine please.

For both you need 2 motors and drivers and a spindle encoder. However for CNC a good controller is likely to be considerably more pricey than for an ELS.

But the benefit of just a manual machine will always be fewer failure modes or at least slower ones.

 

[Susquatch]

I can't imagine why someone would prefer swapping greasy gears to a few simple button presses.

But the benefit of just a manual machine will always be fewer failure modes or at least slower ones.

That's just your own perspectives showing through.

For me it always be the pure raw enjoyment of turning handles and changing gears. I don't want a processor running my lathe. I wanna do it myself.

Although it's bit extreme, a good analogy to understand how I feel would be sex. I don't want a machine doing anything for me in the bedroom. I wanna do it all manually the good old fashioned way. Getting dirty in the process is just a bonus.

 

[whydontu]

That's just your own perspectives showing through.

For me it always be the pure raw enjoyment of turning handles and changing gears. I don't want a processor running my lathe. I wanna do it myself.

Although it's bit extreme, a good analogy to understand how I feel would be sex. I don't want a machine doing anything for me in the bedroom. I wanna do it all manually the good old fashioned way. Getting dirty in the process is just a bonus.

Ick.

 

[Tom O]

You Dawg!