New CNC lathe day

[JAZZCNC]

Looking good Moray, I was only wondering the other day if it had turned up yet.

I've got my self a Tarex Burger Akebono 4Ac-35 Twin turret monster with Fanuc motors and controller which if I'm honest I'm a little frightened to power up because it looks very cramped in the cabinet so looks like could do some serious damage with a muppet like me who knows nothing about CNC lathes trying to drive it...Lol

Look forward to seeing you making parts and how you get on with it.

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Looking good Moray, I was only wondering the other day if it had turned up yet.

I've got my self a Tarex Burger Akebono 4Ac-35 Twin turret monster with Fanuc motors and controller which if I'm honest I'm a little frightened to power up because it looks very cramped in the cabinet so looks like could do some serious damage with a muppet like me who knows nothing about CNC lathes trying to drive it...Lol

Look forward to seeing you making parts and how you get on with it.

Just realised I never commented about this.

If you're used to having spinning tools and static material, having the material spin and the tools static is quite daunting.

At least with spinning tools, the most likely damage is a snapped cutter (unless it's a very big machine, or you do something really really wrong!).
With spinning material, you're lucky if you just snap a tool, as crashes can get expensive very quickly, as I discovered with what triggered this purchase :-/

I know personally, it takes me quite a while to setup mills.
My mind seems to default to lathe mode, so thinking about mills involves lots more thought, that's despite the fact the mill gets setup more often on more varied jobs, whereas the lathe is mostly switching between a few setups. Despite the Cyclone being out of action for about 3 months, I still have it memorised as to how to switch setups. The mill on the other hand, I'm doing well if I can remember how to set up a new tool!