Great Tool Post

[stevec]

(08-21-2012, 07:25 AM)PixMan Wrote: stevec,

For a lathe that large (16x60) you should be using at least the CXA size, if not CA. A machine that size should have far more space between the top of the compound slide and the spindle centerline. That's the limiting factor to being able to use heavier tools and use the HP of that lathe. Surely it's got at least 5HP?

I understand the idea of being able to use one set of tools on both machines, but the machines are two different animals. The larger one should be able to use all of it's capability if you can do it.

Pix, One of the things I appreciated about getting the CXA for my 12x36 was that I was able to physically mount it on the compound of the 16 X 60 and determine, to my mind, that it will work.
I don't use the 16 X 60 for production work and definitely not to it's 5 hp capacity. As a matter of fact when I converted it from 3 ph to single phase I used a 3hp motor.
I appreciate your cautioning me but I'm going ahead with my plan.