That is a nice lathe I hope you have a small army to help you move it. Good luck
with it and keep us posted on your progress.
Robert in Lithia Fl
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From: pierrepmx <foxtango@spectralfactory.com>
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 10:25:40 PM
Subject: [gingery_machines] CNC Gingery Lathe
Hi all,
as I just bought a lathe, I won't build a Gingery lathe "by the book" (so to say
;-).
My lathe is of a French made brand (probably unknown in the US, this is a
Cazeneuve model 'L' from the 50') : 2 tons of cast iron fitted with an 11 HP
motor... (It's still in the seller's workshop)
Restoration has not begun. I'm lucky enough that the lathe is in good working
condition, although it's very dirty, greasy and not looking very nice at first.
Here is an image in the seller's workshop, don't be misleaded by it's abandoned
look ...
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7673/09102010678.jpg
(those experienced in old machine tools restoration will see that it's complete
and in quite good shape)
As I live in an apartment, the lathe will be installed next week 100km away from
my home in the garage of one of my sisters.
Here is the "connexion" with the Gingery machines group:
for my use at home, along with my table top CNC mill, I consider building a
small lathe.
It should use sand cast elements. It should be designed for CNC from the the
beginning. And it will even not need handweels !
I consider the minimum useful turning capacity to be about 150mmx300mm (6'x12')
Also, it will be a good way to have a try at sand casting ;-)
Please, note that I don't ask for ready to use plans or whatever, for me half of
the fun is in designing it !
But as I'm pretty sure that many other have already gone this way, it would be
nice to see what other have done.
I will be focused on the restoration of my "Caze" (the nickname of the Cazeneuve
lathes, here) for some time, but I would be very glade to hear and discuss
advices from people from this forum on this small CNC lathe project.
Especially the differences between a modern **small** CNC lathe and a
traditional one like the Gingery (cutting tool movement, how ways are made,
etc...).
Pierre.
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