Greetings from Manchester, England.
I'm hoping the good folk from this forum can help me. I'm looking at purchasing a Haas TL3 to assist my well established engineering shop.
Although it is essentially a 'toolroom lathe', it will be used mainly as a production machine, cutting batches of 200 off's in both mild steel and high tensile also. Most of the work will be chucking, and lots of threading involved too. We also produce a lot of bolting in super duplex materials. This is why I've opted for a machine with 1.5m length as I will certainly need 1m of it quite often. No real precision required. 0.010" tolerances are normal, however occasional 'turn for grind' shafts needing tolerances of 0.002" over the full length of the machine may crop up occasionally.
The main reason I like this machine is for its swing, as we will be facing spectacle blinds.
I've opted for the 8 station turret, which I expect to be quite solid as this is something that Haas excel in.
Anyway, having read through these forums I've read a few horror stories about chatter, taper and dodgy tailstocks etc....Can somebody please put my mind to rest..? I really like the look of this machine. My alternative option is a Harrison Alpha, but it's 10 weeks delivery..! I can't wait that long....Any advice would be gratefully received.
Cheers, Richard. :cheers: