G code Lathe help with Radius

[Mathius]

I asked a guy that did contract work for NASA the same question about square stock to round once. He told me" Boy I can make square stock round on a lathe and round stock square on a mill but do you realy want to pay me for the time..lol

True, but he's being paid to do it. For the hobbiest, sometimes you use what you have. Also I'm sure there are times when a transitional piece comes in handy. Think of a wood lathe, and those bars they used to make for chair backs that transition from square to round.

MY strongest advice to you is """get the lathe no matter what brand and spend a few hours and figure out what lever does what then post back Make and model.. Hell even if you dont end up using it If its a Warner Swasey or other good Machine Tool people will line up for it$$$$$

Yeah, we're trying to get the garage cleaned up so we can figure out where it's going to end up. I still haven't seen it to see how big it is or anything like that. There's a new motorcycle we have to find a home for as well, so things are getting cramped.



I totally intend on using it though if I can figure it out. I'll have to start learning how to use a micrometer, huh? And start taking more measurements with calipers and such? dial indicator?

Mathius