Hello all.

Right, after the reasonably successful mill build, I've decided that I need a CNC lathe. Nothing too big or clever - heh, in all honesty I'm struggling to think what I'd make with it, but no doubt it'll come in handy at some point.

The control electrics are pretty much sorted as I'll use my mill box to drive the steppers, so essentially I'm after building a couple of short linear stages (1605 ball-screws, 20mm profile rails), populating one of 'em with a tool-post and getting hold of a spindle/chuck - probably from a lathe manufacturers spares section (think Warco etc.) I've not even thought about thread cutting as yet, although it would be a very cool thing to be able to do...

Materials to turn: 6082 mostly, brass, steel perhaps. Small scale stuff.

I did start out thinking about a conversion until I saw this video the other day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1IDHIcyHLY

Excellent. Apart from the mind-blowingly ace turret, these are the lines along which I'm thinking.

Do-able? Any advice/links to other builds of interest?

All the best.

Wal.