Wait a sec... are you referring to the diameter of the piece you are able to chuck into the lathe or the distance from the chuck to the spindle?Originally Posted by badwhale
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Wait a sec... are you referring to the diameter of the piece you are able to chuck into the lathe or the distance from the chuck to the spindle?
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The swing relates to the diameter of the piece you are able to chuck.
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- Sheesh, no extra cigar for me...
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Yep, that's a biggun. I have a previous client who I'm pretty sure has one. He is a machinist...obviously. Probably couldn't get to his shop until next week, and I would hope someone will have won by then.
And Will, thanks for the contest...good one too.
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Just spoke with my buddy about this, and one of his several lathes goes up to 48". He also told me about a shop that is less than a mile from my office that does aircraft tooling. One of theirs goes up to 10 FEET.
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The used to use vertical lathes to make the crankshafts for battleships. Those are impressive.
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