Hello and thank you in advance for your help.
I am considering buying a cnc lathe in order to start making camshaft cores. I only need to make one type. About 23 inches long from tool steel bar.
k20_progress.jpg
the shop that used to make them for me would do one side and then turn them around
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My question is, do you guys think a bridgeport ROMI CNC ez path could get something like this done?
What about a HAAS TL1 ?
I am looking for any suggestions as to what kind of machine I should be looking at getting to attempt to turn full bar into a core.
18 x 2 1/2 bar was used before to do these cores.
My current shop that used to make these is going out of business soon so I am trying to figure out what I need to do because finding another shop to do this work is not really an option at this point.
I don't want to have to spend more than 20k, it is possible? Any advice is appreciated.
thank you very much
I am considering buying a cnc lathe in order to start making camshaft cores. I only need to make one type. About 23 inches long from tool steel bar.
k20_progress.jpg
the shop that used to make them for me would do one side and then turn them around
My question is, do you guys think a bridgeport ROMI CNC ez path could get something like this done?
What about a HAAS TL1 ?
I am looking for any suggestions as to what kind of machine I should be looking at getting to attempt to turn full bar into a core.
18 x 2 1/2 bar was used before to do these cores.
My current shop that used to make these is going out of business soon so I am trying to figure out what I need to do because finding another shop to do this work is not really an option at this point.
I don't want to have to spend more than 20k, it is possible? Any advice is appreciated.
thank you very much