Quote Originally Posted by 2e0poz View Post
Mark
Are you going to complete the rest to make use of it as a CNC lathe as well? would be interested on what you would do about the motor and control?
Yes, I've fitted cheap 16x5 ballscrews to the X and Y axes and it works fine as a CNC lathe.

The y axis ballscrew made a big difference, the original arrangement is poor in many ways, 12mm isn't big enough to take the cutting forces without binding so it was loosing steps. The X axis ballscrew is an improvement but not so much of one.

The ballscrews are the cheap chinese ones from Zapp - they seem pretty good for the money. The seals are rubbish so I've protected the leadscrew on the Y axis and on the X axis I've made seals from kitchen sealant which seem to work ok so far but not many cuts under it's belt yet :-)