Denford Timeline?

[Davek0974]

What sort of price would a Mirac be looking at ? There is one but at £2000+ it seems a bit spendy for a tiny lathe?

Are they capable of any sort of low volume production use?

Anything to look out for?

[AndrewMawson]

Best buy the MIRAC Dave they are good lathes :)

ps my copy of your plasma table extractor under hood is working well !!

Andrew Mawson

[Davek0974]

Best buy the MIRAC Dave they are good lathes :)

ps my copy of your plasma table extractor under hood is working well !!

Andrew Mawson

LOL, small world ;)

No offence meant, i just have to be really careful with the pennies ;)

Not even sure i can fit it in the workshop yet, getting a bit tight in there.

Really want one though ;)

[AndrewMawson]

You could always set it up doing loads of knurling :)

(I'd offer you one of my cut knurlers, but they are too big on the shank for the Baruffaldi tool turret slots )

[Davek0974]

You could always set it up doing loads of knurling :)

(I'd offer you one of my cut knurlers, but they are too big on the shank for the Baruffaldi tool turret slots )

We do seem to cross paths a lot ;)

Would that knurl be possible? There is no tailstock on the Mirac is there? So i guess a turret lathe style tool would be needed?

[AndrewMawson]

No there is no tailstock but Denford did offer one. I've even seen drawings of them.

Were I doing your knurl on the Denford (or any small lathe) I'd set up a tool as used in a capstan lathe where a roller steady and knurler are incorporated in one tool giving support as the carriage moves

[AndrewMawson]

Could you fit THIS one in?

It's why the Mirac is for sale

[Davek0974]

Could you fit THIS one in?

It's why the Mirac is for sale

I would love to but i only have a double garage size shop and i can only just get in the door now :(

I dream of a little VMC with an ATC but cant fit that in either due to no headroom :(