Slant bed CNC Lathe

[dazza]

ive kept bits back to do one myself in the future ,a small gang tool affair. they do lazer cutting and water jet at work although one of the formen told me not to expect special treatment there as the gaffers an arse so that might be a job I throw on here.
plan is to make a base out of plate with lots of triangular plate gussets throughout..heat treated then the face ground for hiwin rail and a head stock I have..and filled with a resin/crete mix

[fvfdrums]

I have been investigating some of the options as far as the main head spindle goes and there are a fair few out there to choose from. I have not had a chance to get on Solidworks and plan out a rough size but I imagine it will be determined by a component like this anyway so makes sense to decide on the sort of size of spindle I go for and then design around there.

Is there a calculation to determine the overall weight a lathe should be based on the swing over the bed - I dont know why this came to mind but I am sure I read it in my travels.

[Boyan Silyavski]

I see that as a more viable attempt in the future, than making a lathe. The build, basic principles and updates are well documented at the zone. Maybe even combine that with the turret from the above video