workshop

Some less fortunate people need to build their models in a broom cabinet that doubles as a makeshift workshop. I built a small workshop in my basement and kept upgrading it. The lathe and the Rotwerk vertical mill turned out to be the most valuable machines. By now, both have been replaced by larger ones.

Quantum 250 x 400 Distance between centers: 450 mm Center height: 125 mm Internal spindle diameter: 21 mm Three-jaw chuck: d = 125mm RPM: Infinitely variable by frequency converter Lead screw travel rate: 0.1 - 3.5 mm/rotation Motor power: 750 W / 400 V Mass: 96 kg	Wabeco F1210E Spindle motor: 230 V / 1.4 kW Spindle RPM: 140 - 3000 Milling table: x = 500 mm; y = 180 mm Spindle travel: 280 mm Quill angle: -90° - 90° Spindle bore: MT#2 Mass: 107 kg
After a while, one keeps adding useful machine accessories, e.g. the digital calipers that I later equipped my mill and lathe with and that made machining so much easier. To the lathe, I also added a tumbler gear for changing the direction of turn. By now, I have reached my ultimate goal -- upgrading both machines to CNC. Details can be found under "Projects".