[ali97]

i am planning to buy my first cnc lathe benchtop type...

i need a cnc lathe which is capable of threading on steel...

can any1 help me or link me to one?

Thank you in advance.

[salzburg]

I put stepper motors and Gecko drives on my 7x14 Mini lathe and
bought the Autoturn lathe controller which lets you cut threads
and more.

[ali97]

I put stepper motors and Gecko drives on my 7x14 Mini lathe and
bought the Autoturn lathe controller which lets you cut threads
and more.

much appriciate your quick response...but, is there any which comes built?....like complete solution?....

[salzburg]

I don't think there is a complete solution. You have to decide what
size of machine and for what purpose you need it for plus what
operating system you want and then run a search on the net. It is
of course very important how much you want spend on your ideal setup.

[ali97]

I don't think there is a complete solution. You have to decide what
size of machine and for what purpose you need it for plus what
operating system you want and then run a search on the net. It is
of course very important how much you want spend on your ideal setup.

Thank you...

i was looking at the D3CNC.com....
but, its a bit pricy...it does the job tho....
something similar if i can get in a bit lower price, than it will be great....

sherline cnc lathe does not support threading....

is there any1 else with the above type/size/price of machines?

[MichaelHenry]

I think that the Wabeco CNC lathes do threading, but they are a lot more expensive than the typical 7x10 or 8x14 lathes.

FWIW, I have a 7x10 lathe on a CNC mill table that will do threading (the Tormach system) but the 1/4 HP lathe motor crapped out the one time I tried to thread 6061 aluminum at 2 or 3 thou per pass so you might have problems threading steel.

Mike

[ali97]

I think that the Wabeco CNC lathes do threading, but they are a lot more expensive than the typical 7x10 or 8x14 lathes.

FWIW, I have a 7x10 lathe on a CNC mill table that will do threading (the Tormach system) but the 1/4 HP lathe motor crapped out the one time I tried to thread 6061 aluminum at 2 or 3 thou per pass so you might have problems threading steel.

Mike

Thank you!

it seems like there is no built type option....
Webco is excellent but, too pricy...

i would really like some1 to help me out with a bit low priced machine...even from china

[ali97]

how about this one from Novakon:
http://www.novakon.net/3.html

any1 using it?

[benjamint76]

I'm looking for the same little lathe.
The one u mentioned down below looks like a Harbor freight lathe that they modified. (I don't know)

BC v21 is a few years old now, BC v23 has been around for about a year now?

Supposed Flashcut CNC has a system using a Sherline lathe which will cut threads...

I spoke to someone today and they were actually recommending EMC(Linux based) for a CNC lathe for cutting threads over Mach3. But they prefer Mach3 for mills...Supposedly EMC can use encoders while Mach3 really doesn't. They just have a program that stops the machine if the encoder and postions don't match up...

Did that make any sense?