W&S Turret Lathe Saves The Day!

[@stevemarschman3202]

Awesome! I've got a Clausing 5914 that came with the Clausing (Enco):bed turret. I've been searching for video showing the turret in use, and your video finally showed up. Thanks.

[@stephenb7902]

Ran a W S for 5 years can't beat the knowledge you learn about tooling

[@HossBlacksilver]

I've really started to appreciate this since I went back to school for a machinist degree.

[@DarylVanHumbeck]

Wow! I'd wondered how a tapping mechanism would work on one of those lathes! Impressive concept!

[@frankharr9466]

Thank goodness for backups.

[@BlackOrt]

It's still running a program, one written in the hardware setup of the lathe and turret.

[@DocsMachineShop]

The first "automatic" lathes were turrets with the handwheel replaced by a gear-driven drum with cogs.

[@leospitz6541]

Couldn't you just power it off of the number five reactor? Sure it might slow the coffee production down a bit but I think you could handle a few seconds delay. Have Roger rig something up....

[@keithkrueger1609]

awesome work.

[@andrewwetzel6036]

Nice to see the old machines that work. Question: Is the tool post corner knocked off to provide space for the turret to rotate or is there some other funky reason?

[@DocsMachineShop]

Decades of wear, really. That toolpost was old before I even got it, and it's seen many a part. I suspect that was due to careless operators that didn't retract the cross slide enough before indexing the turret, over and over again.

[@detroitpaintball2081]

Awesome to watch, what time period would have this machining been done?

[@DocsMachineShop]

Warner & Swasey was founded- making nothing but turret lathes- in 1880, and turrets were the primary mass-production machine until tape and computer operated machines started appearing in the 50s and 60s. Turrets made tens of millions of parts for World War 2.

[@detroitpaintball2081]

Awesome info @@DocsMachineShop . My grandpa was a lathe machinist here in Michigan, after serving in WW2.

[@TheMetalButcher]

@@detroitpaintball2081 If he made batch orders of more than say ~20-100, then it is very likely it was done on a turret lathe.

[@tilliesinabottle]

love it. How long does it take to set up the turret for a typical job?

[@DocsMachineShop]

This job probably took me two hours, but a fair chunk of that was a screw-up on my part, when I hadn't tightened the turret down to the bed enough. Gave me funky results when cutting, since the tools kept "pushing back"- and stupid me didn't realize what I was doing for about half an hour. :)

[@axeman2638]

@@DocsMachineShop How long to program the job for the CNC?

[@katana1430]

We need one of those at work. Can it fit a steady rest?

[@DocsMachineShop]

Some of the larger ones can. This is only a #2, which is fairly small. (Comparatively, it's still a 3,000-pound lathe.)

[@katana1430]

@@DocsMachineShop Yeah, we have a Turnado (and don't you know THAT was named by the engineers one drunken night) and we do use the steady rest a lot.

[@akarshikesarwani9244]

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