My mill lathe and mill 3 in 1 machine

[mikeysm]

Here is my 3 in 1 lathe and mill. It's a ongoing project.

Mike

[Reel 224]

Is it home made, and does the DRO work on The lathe  also..............................Joe

[mikeysm]

It's a shoptask that I had to disasembled and went through to make it worth using. I added longer posts for the mill that were chrome plated. All the bushings were remade and the gears were bead blasted and deburred. All the soft bolts were replaced. All new way strips were installed. I removed some of the bushings and replaced them with bearings where ever I could. I recut the ways on the mill table. Also I made a new spindle housing for the mill out of 4140 HT. I also had to machine the tail stock to make it useable. I replaced the motors and added two VFD drives so i could eliminate the heavy pullys. And yes the dro does work.

Mike

[Swami805]

Looks really nice and functional, looking forward to seeing what you produce with it.

[Donnyboat]

Mike thanks for posting, nice work, you should be able to do some good work with it, cant wait, cheers Don.

[Reel 224]

The box on the right, Is that a speed control and did you make that as well?...........................Joe

[mikeysm]

The box has two AC/Tech 120v single phase to 220v three phase VFD drives. The box I picked up off or ebay. I installed and wired the box and motors.

Mike

[Reel 224]

So they run on 120V & 220-3Ph  is the 220 for the motor's and 120AC for the DRO and other controls? It looks pretty interesting for someone to build. You must have experience in electrical engineering.Nice job so far........................Joe     

[mikeysm]

The drive converts 220v AC to 220v three phase.  So I can plug them into a 20-30 amp plug. Everything is twist lock so I can disconnect the box if i need to move the machine.


Mike

[Reel 224]

Be interesting to see you do some work on it in the future.......................Joe

[Tiddlerbasher]

Very nice Mike - now lets see you using it