New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

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New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

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I take you on a tour of the Centroid in house Acorn equipped CNC test mule lathe and demonstrate the turning of two parts with Profiling, Single Point Threading, Rigid Tapping, and more...

https://youtu.be/NjYaWOW1O8w
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Re: New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

Post by frijoli »

Great video. I can't wait to get my lathe running!

I did see some odd drill movement in this video... :twisted:
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Re: New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

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Yeah the drill bit was dull and I was pushing it too hard and it was bending.
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
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Re: New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

Post by DICKEYBIRD »

frijoli wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:00 pm Great video. I can't wait to get my lathe running!
Yup, lathe's rock; gotta luv CNC lathe videos!

You & me do need to get our hands on Keith's lathe & sharpen up the accel. on the the stepper motors & the VFD though. You reckon? ;) :lol:
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Re: New Acorn CNC Lathe Video, a tour of our in house test mule

Post by martyscncgarage »

DICKEYBIRD wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:11 pm
frijoli wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:00 pm Great video. I can't wait to get my lathe running!
Yup, lathe's rock; gotta luv CNC lathe videos!

You & me do need to get our hands on Keith's lathe & sharpen up the accel. on the the stepper motors & the VFD though. You reckon? ;) :lol:
Better finish yours first Milton. 8-)
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