11-12-2018, 09:32 PM
I won't do anything to the lathe that I can't undo and the 2,000 rpm is plenty fast for me. I am fully aware of the limitations of the lathe. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and there are plenty of machines that would probably be better suited to a CNC conversion available, however I don't have them and buying another lathe wouldn't be in my budget at all. I have contemplated fabricating a lathe, but that would be just as costly as getting another lathe. I'm currently working on setting up my Maslow CNC router because it is less expensive to setup than converting my lathe and I might be able to sell some stuff I have been dreaming up. I'm hoping that it will help me fund the lathe project as well as give me more experience with the electronics side of the CNC stuff. If money weren't an object I would absolutely design and build my own lathe because it sounds fun. Unfortunately, that isn't where I live.
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