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HQ800 Harbor Freight 3in1 Mill Lathe CNC Mach 3 Conversion. First attempt at a video. This 3 in 1 came from Wholesale Tool but is the same as the Harbor Freight unit. X & Y are Gecko driven servos, Z is Gecko driven stepper (which replaced 2nd burnt out Z servo motor!)

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This is a SeriesII CNC Spinning Console designed to “clip” onto almost any manual spinning lathe to automate the process. It’s a robust design, with a small footprint, & carries eight adjustable, on-board rollers in a rotating turret allowing quick, accurate tool changes for rapid laydown, corner setting, burnishing, etc. It is easily programmed by disk, the operator console, or the Jog-To-G-code pendant via MPG dials. The pendant controls allow a “teach” program to be generated in minutes …

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This is a Hafco HM-52 manual metal knee mill converted to CNC (Computer Numericaly Controlled) In this Video I start off with a piece of high tensile flat bar 150mm X 150mm x 32mm (6″ X 6″ X 1 1/4″) and mill it into a round circle. The circle then goes into my lathe and I manually machine one face to fit onto the horizontal spindle of my HM-52 CNC mill. I then use the mill and CNC controll to machine the other side of the plate so that I can attach a 3 Jaw chuck. In this configuration I run …

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Video of a CNC lathe used in the home/shop/garage. It’s been converted from a 0 mini-lathe.

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