Converting lathe to CNC

[Dabbler]

The nicest 'kit' for ELS (that I have seen) is the Rocketronics 'ELS4 Pro V3'. It offers more than threading; conical turning, turning to a shoulder, ball turning, and more. For a description of all it does, the English manual can be downloaded here:

https://www.rocketronics.de/download/zyklo/ELS4_Pro_Manual_EN.pdf

 

[Alexander]

My little syil ax250 was right in that price range new but it is pretty light duty. Definitely a good machine for small hobby stuff.

 

[Janger]

ELS electronic lead screw is automating repetitive functions not giving you full CNC. But it costs less and is much less complicated to learn and use. It is a good compromise - I'm tempted by this. Looking more closely at the site John references above you could probably buy and install for $1500 and get a very nice setup.

Be sure to turn on closed captioning as he explains everything with text not speaking.

starts a little slow but he shows you everything.