I recently purchased the model 4000 lathe of Sherline. Of course I really like it. Next purchase from Sherline will be this for sure. Thank you for your great video!

Another Great Video, Vince. The South Bend 9" lathes only had a 3C collet, too. That was the standard lathe in a lot of tool rooms for decades. I like all the new improvements to the sherlines that they have done. The Collet opener/closer is a great one.

We need to see these small lathes, the micro as well as the mini lathes out there cut hard metal. I need one that can do this accurately and repeat it.all I ever seem them show off with is cutting aluminum, brass and some copper.

Thankyou. This is the first I'm seeing this product. I'm going to wait for the diy swissmak mill turn machine to start shipping. Both of these are looking good.

Since the video is 2 years old it may be covered already but you can do tool changes without having to confirm the change by editing your code. Something like T0101, T0102, T0103 etc instead of T0101, T0202, T0303. Hope that’s clear. Saves cycle time and you can walk away. I have learned so much from you and Marty and can’t thank you guys enough!

So cool! Ive just gotten a beat up original Australian 3" lathe, this is giving me ideas. Looking at that collet closer, you could almost automate a small bar feeder if you drive the closer and the bar with an independent simple grbl setup and two steppers.

Great video as usual Franco! Thanks for putting the acorn info out there... the only thing left to add to this lathe is a coolant pump and a pneumatic collet opener/closer - and you'll have a barfeed mechanism.

Hi Franco; Great videos. I am looking for a video showing how to cero all tools on the CNC Chucker Lathe by Sherline.

Yah that will be great. Thanks

So that’s what you’ve been up to...that’s really cool, Franco! Two video requests...😁Acorn gang tooling setup procedure and Fusion CAM for lathe how-to.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!!

Love the videos, very Informative.

How did you go about attaching the toothed gear for the encoder onto the spindle?

I have a similar machine and plan to use AcornCNC too. Can you show more of you Controller setup. Great video as usual!

Nice machine Franco I think you would find ER collet holders good for holding drills, I think they would save you some Z space. I use gang tooling a lot, particularly for drills, I like to have the drill point level with the position of the parting tool as this means it should not hit the chuck or headstock. Nice collet closer, much better than my home made unit.

Thank you so much for the sharing your experience. I have been watching your video so many times and decided to buy sherline chucker and Arcon. Would you like to share the software configuration and wiring,. it would be much appreciate if you could share the encoder connecting info.

nice vid, but you shoud increase the rpm to breake the chips or take smaller bites with a higher feed rate.

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Very cool. From the centroid FAQ’s they say you can run both the lathe and the mill from one board. My intentions are to unplug the mill steppers and plug in the X & Y into the the same X & Y the mill uses. Any concerns that you see with that? I’m going to be using both Acorn Pro mill and lathe software. I’m using you as cheap tech support since your videos convinced me to go with the Acorn, which has proven to be a great choice.

Which software or application you used to program that part and how Can you show some tutorials

i bet i could use this to make knife parts...thanks

So you got the version without pc and put a acorn board in it ? That is really nice.

Thanks Franco! Could you show how well it can hold tolerance by measuring a few of the same parts and comparing to the intended size? I would be interested in this if it's pretty consistent.

Late seeing this video, but can you tell me is that the fastest rapid setting it can go? I see lots of reasons this is only a hobby machine even though it has some industrial style features.

Can you mill steel ?

I would like to convert my sherline milll from masso to acorn can you get me pointed the right directions?

Hello Franco, Did you use the Sherline High-Torque Stepper Motors 67126 on your Chucker? Looks like they come with a plug, did you have any diagrams on the wiring hookup after cutting plug off?

Hey Franco thanks for the vids. I'm looking at getting one but considering the 18" cross slide and 18" base. I have the standard Sherline manual lathe as well and originally it was the smaller base model and I need up upgrading it to the 18" base, as I always felt too cramped and sometimes a bit limited with the smaller base. SO I wanted to ask you if you feel like the 18" table and base would be better? Do you regret not going with the bigger one for its versitily? It's only about 120.00 bucks more.

hmm idk about this... its neat but for the price you might as well retrofit a lathe you could almost get a 2nd hand lathe with a fagor controller on it tho if u can find one .... its just crazy amount for something soo little for basic cnc stuff

Hi again Franco, Going to get the chucker lathe. Im deciding on what controller to go with. Do you think the Acorn is better than the Masso control? How much did you spend on the Acorn? seems much cheaper. Any input would be awesome If you have a vid on the topic comparing them lmk. Thank you.

Who is the online seller?!

Tell us about the software driving the lathe

Dunno what to say Franco. What are you going to make with it?

There is no reverse as the standard Sherine lathe uses a screw on type spindle nose... A reverse feature would allow chucks and other accessories to remove themselves under load and cause all sorts of damage for anything other than collet types

BTW I need threading so the Linux control is not an option for me.

why is there such a long hesitation between tools. and i dont like the way its mowing into position either i would hold it away on z father on center so your not moving X so close to the part.