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Ahh sorry I should have been clearer.

What I meant was my current mini lathe is at zero degree (horizontal)

A slant bed, lets say 45 degree angle.

Why wouldn't you just rotate a full 90 degrees and have it on its side at 90 degrees?

I have to say though that I know nothing about CNC lathe builds, my current lathe is a mini lathe 7x14 china made :) . I have a question though, it may seem a bit silly but i'm just a child when it comes to lathes. "why would you build a slant bed lathe" rather than one which was at 90 deg...

I love it .

The next build will be a lathe, so I can gun drill some outer barrels for airsoft, watch this space

Hi Guys, After several months of using the machine.............. I'm a lifelong advocate of centroid.......... I now have a semi normal life, it runs, and is100% trust worthy . I can load up a blank, press GO, and leave her running. The video shows a pretty short run on a part of only around 30 mins...

Hi Guys, So the machine is working really well, I've setup a network cam over it now so I can just push the button and live a normal life (semi normal). Here's were I'm getting to. At the weekend I'll start to convert the old tool paths from the old machine to the centroid and make a start on the up...

Hi, Good to know that AS does stretch far and wide :) . Not for GBBR, I've developed a recoil system for the PTW platform which gives all the features of GBB. The lower is my version of an MCX (no trades etc) but from a distance it looks pretty close :) and I have an upper to match it which I machin...

Hi Guys, So as I've said before this 4 axis machine has been built for just a single purpose. I'm into something called 'airsoft' (for those that know what that is) and a few years ago I started to develop a product which takes one of the high end airsoft platforms on by a few steps with added featu...

Hi Guys,

Starting to see what the machine will do now in terms of speed,



Album -

Hi Guys, My 4th axis is now up and running and i've just started stringing together some tool paths with the ATC etc. Its pretty awesome if I do say so myself :) . Still have to fit the motor for the powered tailstock but i'm in no rush for that at present, i'm liking playing with the other bits at ...

Hi Guys,

Been fine tuning the ATC, and it now works perfectly. Theirs a link to the album above but here's the individual video.

I did swear with joy at my 1st fully automatic tool change...........so apologies in advance for that .