Lucky me.

[Mosey]

I took my project over to the Physics Department machine shop today, and while I was there I happened to notice that one of the big lathes had a big faceplate on it. Do you call 36" big? I do. Heavenly.

[bigfoot]

how about this for a faceplate

[Mosey]

I can't open your picture. Can you reload it?

[bigfoot]

Is that better, a 2.2 metre swing,8.5 metres between centres, working weight of 50 ton. Made by Craven.
Kevin

[Steve_in_Mich]

I suppose they can be large enough to mount the controls and pilot seat remote on a boring bar and stuff you down the end of a cylinder to cut internal threads but you should be in a cage so the chips don't kill you when they fall. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif"%20alt="[/img]

How big would the "T" nuts be for that faceplate? Probably carry them one at a time and not in your pocket either. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif"%20alt="[/img]

[ttyR2]

How about http://www.machineryvalues.com/details. ... eNo=127385

Poreba made a huge lathe as well. Didn't have a normal lathe bed per se, and you stacked hube plates under the head and tail stocks depending on how big the part was you wanted to turn. It was huge.

[Bryan]

The biggest face plate I have seen was on a vertical lathe (burried in the floor) for turning the turret seal for an M1 tank... the seal is 16' dia.

[Roy]

I swear, some folks just have no respect for machinery. If I had a guy working for me and he insisted on standing or setting on my lathes cross slides I would fire him! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif"%20alt="[/img]

[jaxinbc]

Reminds me of an experimental big wooden crane I ran one time. Had a 340 foot boom on it and 90 foot jib. Took 16 oilers to keep it all running smooth. Every time an oiler would hire on they would issue him a slingshot. Reason for the sligshot was to keep them there woodpeckers off the boom !!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif"%20alt="[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif"%20alt="[/img]