Sieg SC4 Mini-Lathe! (and a new project)
I (finally) bought a (slightly) used Sieg SC4 Mini-Lathe!
I installed the machine beside my milling machine until my new workshop is ready next year. I spent the last weekend drawing & 3D Printing various lathe tools support in order to have a tidy setup for all the tooling.
I'm planning to convert the mini-lathe to a CNC lathe in the near future. I already started to shop around for various parts in order to establish a preliminary budget
2 x Nema 23 Stepper (279 oz/in), dual shafts so I can still manually operate the machine
2 x 4.2A @ 50VDC stepper drives
36V Power supply
1204 ballscrews for X/Y
Allow for a future tool turret (ATC) prob. Nema 17 + few inputs
Encoder on the spindle (rigid tapping)
MESA 6i25 + 7i76...