I've admired this unit for years. Alan Jackson, the designer and builder sells a complete set of plans for about £80. I have no stake in it, just thought it might be interesting. 😉
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Stepperhead CNC Lathe-Mill
- Thread starter Junque
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Interesting project but I think I'll keep my South Bend and my Gingery.
Hi John, the reason for the overhead support bar is that it is part of the tailstock.The spindle and tailstock can be moved vertically, enabling the headstock to be used as a small milling machine with the cross slideacting as a milling table.
Alan
Check out all those pictures everybody in the link post #3 from David. There are 4 pages of description and many more photos showing the multitude of operations showing this machines capabilities. There is a lot more to that machine than just a lathe! Wow.
Alan - wow, you must be keeping an eye on things going on online! 😉
Nice to see you here - it's been a while since you first came up with this design, is there anything about it you have changed or would change now?
It's a pity your machine is not commercially available - no chance of having a run of them made offshore?
Or what about a kit of finished or semi-finished parts like the old Lewis Machine Co. kits?
Nice to see you here - it's been a while since you first came up with this design, is there anything about it you have changed or would change now?
It's a pity your machine is not commercially available - no chance of having a run of them made offshore?
Or what about a kit of finished or semi-finished parts like the old Lewis Machine Co. kits?
Junque,
Thank you for your kind comments. As to what I would change, during covid lockdrown, I had a go at redesign etc and I posted this in the Model Engineers Workshop Mag. I attach this here.
As to manufacture etc I did consider this but it is a big undertaking and at my age (83) I dought it would be a result I would see the end of. I would just be performing in another undertaking so to speak
Fantastic Alan, a new design of gib and patent applied for? And your collet chuck closure system; also patent-pending? I will have to study your PDF later and come back to this. One thing I did wonder about was having a swing-arm mounting for the laptop; I'm sure you could improve on the current designs!
Somehow, somewhere this needs to come into production!
Somehow, somewhere this needs to come into production!
Hi Junque, Sorry for the late reply I have been ill with sepsis and am making a very slow recovery. As to a swing arm mounting it is entirely possible its just a customer preference ( this is if there were any stepperheads available
Sorry to hear that Alan; that's a nasty condition.
If you feel like telling us more about the gib system and its advantages that would be interesting.
The YT videos on Stepperhead for those that haven't seen them:
If you feel like telling us more about the gib system and its advantages that would be interesting.
The YT videos on Stepperhead for those that haven't seen them:
