My new lathe....

kaiser715

kaiser715

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...just in case I need to make some sixteen-inchers for the battleship.





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I spoke with a guy at work about huge machine last week. How it would be a trip to take 1"-1.5" depth of cut on a lathe. That's a scary chip for sure!

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Can you cut a screw for my eyeglasses hinge?

Matt o_O
 
I guess the operator wasn't worried about a little chip getting into his eye.
 
Makes me think of GE's old large steam turbine plant in Schenectady NY. Very cool, old ginormous facility.


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Those lathes look about the right size for what I'm used to :D
cyoung said:
Makes me think of GE's old large steam turbine plant in Schenectady NY. Very cool, old ginormous facility.


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I hear rumors that there is something like it in Charlotte ;)
 
seen bigger than that unit up in NY still used today. much bigger
 
jeepinmatt said:
I hear rumors that there is something like it in Charlotte ;)
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Buddy of mine spent a couple of weeks in Charlotte babysitting a turbine shaft they shipped in from his CA power plant. I would have figured that there would have been a shop closer than 3k miles away to do that sort of work.
 
kaiser715 said:
Buddy of mine spent a couple of weeks in Charlotte babysitting a turbine shaft they shipped in from his CA power plant. I would have figured that there would have been a shop closer than 3k miles away to do that sort of work.
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I'm sure there's one closer, but most plants want the original manufacturer to do service and repairs since we have all the engineering information and manufacturing tolerances (and probably documentation of what all the dimensions were when it was originally delivered).
 
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