Re: LHT-25B - Small Turret Lathe

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vnp9i2$sm3o$1@dont-email.me...
... I'll mostly run standard 5C collets, but
having a chuck may save the day at some point.  The lathe did also come
with an unused/uncut pie collet.  I'm not sure if I am looking forward
to the day when that is the answer to a problem or not.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
-------- My limited experience with 5C pot collets is that all but the shortest tubing, bushings etc should be held in axially as well by the tailstock, perhaps with a pipe center or large fender washer, and trimmed to length in the better restrained grip of a 6-jaw. I save hole saw and Greenlee cutouts for such purposes.
I was given a "Precise SC 42" CNC spindle by a scrap dealer. Fischer USA emailed me the manual for it, which assumes it's connected to their controller and doesn't mention the motor drive specs. Do you have any experience or suggestions concerning their electrical requirements? I'd be mounting it on the lathe in a milling attachment to do the indexed milling / drilling on large chucked work that I presently do on smaller pieces in a collet fixture on the mill.