CNC Lathe
Over winter break I bought a manual Lathe and converted it to a CNC Lathe.
Overview of the CNC Lathe
Lathe Control box wiring
Wiring inside the Masso Controller
Back of the lathe, the spindle is connected to its motor with a chain, and it has an encoder for threading. Also, you can see the big z-axis servo motor
Back of lathe with cover on. Also note that the Masso controller can be disconnected from the Lathe control box easily and used to control my CNC Router
Lathe cutting an aluminum test part, with very conservative feed rates (It can cut a lot faster!)