Tormach PCNC 1100 Vertical Lathe - Tormach CNC

OVERVIEW:
This application note covers an interesting application of the Tormach PCNC 1100 milling machine. This video has been posted by Tormach. The original author is SDM Fabricating (http://www.sdmfabricating.com) and is published here with permission of the author. For more information about Tormach CNC machinery please go to our website at http://www.tormach.com

COMMENTS from the Author (SDM Fabricating):
For very little investment you can make a tool holder and use your mill as a vertical lathe with indexable tooling. I made my tool holder in a few hours. Well worth the time. Here is the long and short of it. Work is held in the spindle, tools in the tool holder.

DRAWBACKS:
R8 spindle, anything over 1" needs a chucking lug. no center support, short overall lengths, no CAM support, you'll have to write the code yourself (or do some fancy editing). Here is a picture of the Tool holder: http://www.sdmfabricating.com/Tormach/P1000364.JPG

To make programing easier I used a different work offset for each tool. I bored the tool holder with three 3/4" bores so I could use my Tormach Tooling. The ER 20 collets will hold anything up to a 1/2". With a spot drill, a drill and a boring bar you could do just about anything. But I added an extra hole anyway. The spot drill has a place all its own.

In the following video I am making four collars for a product I sell. The material is 1018 mild steel 5/8" dia.
OP 1 Face and turn (chamfers are done here with the turning tool)
OP 2 Spot drill
OP 3 drill (Deep hole 2.3")
OP 4 ream to size (reamed to 2.1" deep)
OP 5 Cut Off

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• CNC
• Tormach
• mill
• milling
• machine
• lathe
• vertical
• fabricating
• machining
• SDM
• Fabricating

[Trajiq187]

@danway60 You can also "mill" parts on a lathe.

[edwinshap1]

oh wow, thats what that rest is for. I was cleaning the tormach for my professor and i couldn't figure out why we had that hehe

[magudaman]

What do you use to program something like this? And I didn't think the Tormach supported tapping like that, how exactly does that work?

[rickd3508]

That is SHARP! well done, I guess these other folks don't realize whats going on in this video. All in one machine = lower cost per unit !

[bradenn]

Hrmm, maybe some Through Spindle Coolant would help the drilling/reaming.... interesting video! :D

[TheRickkT]

@ danway60

maybe theye dont have a lathe

[Ramulus2009]

may be that is not just a water...

[danway60]

A mill turned lathe? Good idea, but why not just use a normal lathe?

[cosast54]

Index make a very good cnc lathe with the a vertical spindle same concept , the V100