Haas TL1 CNC Tool room lathe Gunsmithing introduction.

[@joshtodd2119]

If this makes as nice as finish as my 204 barrel has but more efficient should be a huge win! Keep up the great work man!

[@DustinDrews1]

I will post a video of the pneumatic follow rest.

[@richardwitt4308]

Great video brother. I'm in the exact same boat right now. Trying to get my TL2 up and running with no prior cnc experience. Been a little rough no doubt. Trying to get the last bit of tooling together now. Curious what cutters, threader, boring bar, and drill setup you went with. Any details would be appreciated.

[@DustinDrews1]

Shars tools is a good place to start if you are on a budget. MSC is awesome to deal with. I like their Accupro carbide boring bars.

[@cogentdynamics]

I’m considering replacing my manual lathe for the same machine. Your insight was very helpful. Is it too terrible using the single dial on the standard operator dial? I would also know more about the “chuck adapter” if I heard that correctly? Thanks!

[@DustinDrews1]

I would not sell your manual machine if you’re using it to depend on an income. You will regret it! The dual dials are a must… the dial on the control would be impossible to indicate barrels without it. The adapter is for the truebore alignment system. I’d encourage you to take some cnc classes online or at a college. The learning curve is steep and unforgiving. Best of luck!

[@cogentdynamics]

@@DustinDrews1 thanks for the comment! We added a small CNC mill adjacent to the Bridgeport. Our 15 x 60” gear head lathe is a tool we count on. I do feel like the CNC capability because of the short production runs we do. I should go back to school but at 68 I might let the younger guys pick that up. I am totally frightened and can see the “unforgiving” nature of bad crashes. We simply do not have the room to add a lathe (even a small CNC lathe like Tormach) in addition to what we have. I like the capacity and the spindle I.D. of the Haas TL1 . I have crashed the mill and I could see the horror of those crashes. Brain farts would be expensive.

[@Jasonschmidtschannel]

Im jelious lol looks awesome mate

[@DustinDrews1]

Thanks for the kind words! It’s been a love hate relationship

[@johnross779]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@DustinDrews1]

T/ya!

[@Rico11b]

Call it Drewshaas.

[@DustinDrews1]

That is a great name

[@DustinDrews1]

Thumbs up

[@vinnieelsinger7242]

Name it "George".... it's on autopilot!

[@DustinDrews1]

It does have a mind of its own