I really really want...

[MrYo]

... no, not a Spice Girls, this little expensive thing:

http://www.denford.ltd.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177

or something like it 

Maurizio

[Tomymoonly]

hum price of that? ya i everybody want that, like that could do what tops they want

[MrYo]

10500£

plus shipping, tools ecc 

[Tomymoonly]

ok wait 1 year and i pay 1/3 u pay 1/3 and we find someone who pay the last one

[Pulpowsky]

I am also drooling.

Dream is free.

[Takeshi]

I saw the Spice Girls in concert in '98 or '99, I forget. 

On a similar note (girly pop music), I recently got this...


My friend was a tour photographer for Britney Spears on two tours.

But that lathe is cool too

[MrYo]

LOL i fear i must pay more than the lathe cost to work with Britney 
Indeed i'm still asking price all over cnc lathe manufacters, China, India, Usa ecc maybe at lat i will find something i can buy to make ALL the delrin productin by myself 

[Takeshi]

That would be SOOOO awesome!  You can do it bro, I know you can! 

[robtsou]

That's pretty cool!

On the Britney line, my buddy Mike was one of the clowns on her Circus tour.

[ta0]

Would 2-axes be enough to make your tops? I think John mentioned that the CNC in the Cincy's physics shop had 3-axes and he would really need 4 (or was it 4 and 5?) to make a (hollow) top.

Britney on the other hand seems to have lots of degrees of freedom, perhaps too many to be safe to handle

[MrYo]

I think i can use one of these, for Giulia the machinist used 11 tools to work the top in one step. With an 8 position tool holder with 3 programs and tool changes i can make somethink like the Giulia, takes time, but i think is possible

[johnm]

I think John mentioned that the CNC in the Cincy's physics shop had 3-axes and he would really need 4 (or was it 4 and 5?) to make a (hollow) top.

Our CNC milling machine from the late '80's is more like a 2 + 1 axis machine in that only x and y of the bed can move simultaneously while they must pause for z of the spindle moves.  For a vertical mill, the shape of a peg top provides an extreme challenge (at least for me) with 'hidden' cuts due to the widest part not being at either end.  Clever cutters and/or a rotatry table would be helpful but still probably require a couple of mountings to complete.  A CNC lathe is the way to go for tops--unfortunately we don't have one.

[Pulpowsky]

Hi Maurizio. Try with the 2º market machines.

In Spain the crisis is so big that there are lots of lathes for sale as bargain. CNC too.

If you prefer a new one try this:

http://www.lathes.co.uk/

http://www.klippfeld.at/index_en.html    From Ostreich buy very good quality.

http://www.chesteruk.net/

I want some guys as you in my city to share a CNC lathe. 3000 for a shared lathe is good to me. And working together would be a lot of fun talking about tops (fútbol), tips (girls) and string (moto-GP or F-1 races).

[poptop]

talking about tops (fútbol), tips (girls) and string (moto-GP or F-1 races).

I think I want to move to Spain...Pulp, dont tell me you have beer too 

[johnm]

A CNC lathe is the way to go for tops

I spoke without completely researching the topic.  Perhaps the proper way to make tops is with a lathe mounted on a CNC mill like this one.  The mill with lathe accessory seems like a great way to cover all bases for a small shop and low production numbers.  I didn't see an automatic tool change feature but there are always sacrifices to be made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO2rmNkZ4M4

[pplgrande]

Thats a crazy machine, you can do anything with it,  i wonder how much it cost

[robtsou]

've seen the lathe on the mill thing before and always thought it was pretty neat.  The hard part is the hollowing of course.

Here is a different more budget minded version using a Taig lathe and mill.  Someone tell me how to embed video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Munq_hXxTs

[MrYo]

Soooo:

http://www.cnika.it/cnccnika40.asp

http://www.cnika.it/cncmeccqasse.asp

This stuff could be the Top's Saint Graal?

3 axes mill with 4th axe a motorized chuck, 7000$