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    Re: Manual Lathe to CNC Conversion

    Very good pieces of advice. Thank you Jim! We are definitely going to run with this idea and see how far it could get us. If I'm understanding this correctly then my motor would drive the pinion...
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    Re: Manual Lathe to CNC Conversion

    That's a good point about looking up similar sized machinery and figuring out what they are using to get a good idea of what we need. I was looking into the controller DriveRack by MicroKinetics. It...
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    Re: Manual Lathe to CNC Conversion

    Thank you for this response as it definitely sends me in the right direction! We went with an inexpensive lathe as we are a start up and trying to reduce some of our costs. The owner figures its a...
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    Manual Lathe to CNC Conversion

    Our company has acquired a very old lathe that we are looking to convert to CNC. There is very little information about this lathe online as the company went out of business many years ago. It's a...
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