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The Turret Lathe Saves the Day!
🕑 Added 2023-08-13 22:19:12 +0000 UTCI was going to run some parts through my CNC lathe this weekend, and found the power supply for the computer had died.
While waiting for a replacement, I instead tooled up the pre-World-War-2 turret lathe for the same part, and cranked out fifty some odd pieces.
Not as fast, and certainly not as effortless, but arguably more fun to operate. :)
Doc.
Comments
Jenifur Charne
The video so _needs_ the 'B' section of Powerhouse, as background music, as the parts are being made. Powerhouse, original 78 RPM from 1937 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jastEtNhGk
RivCA
Hey, look! A part is under all that swarf!
Tiger in man's clothing
I watched an video the other day where Adm Savage used a lathe to made a brass cap for a random bottle that his wife had found at a garage sale. It took his 3 tries and about 6 hours to get it right and I though, "I'll bet could do it faster and with less waste." So, soda bottle lids made from brass in the shop store when?
Simon 'Landmine'
High quality swarf generator.
Doc Nickel
Yes, the turret lathe is largely hand-cycled. There's a "power feed" for the turret- you can see the spinning drive shaft in some shots- but everything else is moved or actuated by hand.
RivCA
Always cool to watch. So, is the turret lathe only hand driven? It looks to be the case, especially as CNC has "computer" as the first represented word.
Joseph Kesselman
REALLY need to learn how to run a lathe properly, wood or metal....
Kevin Collier
Brings back some good memories. My Dad was a machinist and I grew up running around the job shop he worked at. Taught me how to run a Bridgeport by the time I was 11!
