New lathe arrived yesterday!

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After 2 months of research, I finally decided on a CNC lathe. The wait paid off as I ended up getting a great deal on a great machine with lots of tooling. I got a Mazak Quickturn 6T. It has a Kitagawa 3 jaw chuck and a collet chuck with a complete set of collets, including many Royal expanding internal collets. The shop is still being built, so it's in the garage until it's done. I'm using this time to go over it and get it ready for reliable service.

I couldn't sleep at all knowing the truck was coming in the morning. It arrived safe and sound, but incomplete. The coolant tank didn't make it on the truck. The owner found it and is shipping it soon.

I'm still looking for a small cnc mill with a 4th axis. I'll probably end up getting a Mikini.

Well, time to get back to reading. I have 8 manuals the size of Chicago phone books to read. Hear's a few pics as it arrived...

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Awesome choice ... 7000 rpm spindle, 7.5hp, best control interface in the business. Hard to beat a QT6T :thumbsup:

I know a Mazak consultant, if you ever have the need. His rates are reasonable if you hit any software or hardware snags.
 
:eek:oo: ooooooooo...


Wow...made in Singapore. :kiss:
 
Awesome, congratulations!

I browse for CNC lathes at ebay from time to time, the current prices are ridiculously low, but importing used machinery and specially lathes to Argentina is a very complicated task :shakehead

I know our very own ex-moderator Rothrandir owns a Mazak too


Pablo
PS: tool envy all over here :D
 
Congrats! That looks like a nice machine. How many positions does the turret have?
 
I flew out to look at it before I decided. It was under power, but not being used. The spindle sounded spooky. It sounded just like a VFD driven motor with nothing attached to it. I thought I would feel nervous standing in front of a spindle turning 6500rpm, but it sounded so good I had to relax. I don't think I'd feel the same with the 3 jaw chuck attached though, even though the chuck says it's balanced to 7K rpm.

This one has an 8 position turret. 12 was an option.
 
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The rapid specs are 1181 IPM :thumbsup:

That equals 98.4 feet per minute, well over 1.5 feet per second. Stand back & watch the big dog eat.
 
Wow!,
I would like to know about the rigger.
I have never seen a18 wheeler so cool.
A cover that moves over the entire bed for eash loading and unloading without unloading the entire truck to get at something in the back.
John
 
Thanks Barry,
No wonder we do not see many of them. ACtually I have never seen one of those until here on this site.
I now see why not too many use them though if they break that easy.
It would be great to have the repair contract for those though.
anyway, I am going to ask next time that I need a rigger if that type is avaliable.
John
 
Good choice on the Mazak, I wouldn't have anything else.

It's been a while since I ran a T Plus, but let me know if you ever need any help.
 
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