New ELS-fitted Lathes from Amadeal

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Electronic lead screw (ELS) systems are becoming increasingly popular. Readers of the next issue of ME&W will see that Amadeal’s advert features a Weiss lathe with an ‘electronic change gear system’ i.e. an ELS.

Apparently the ELS version of the 210 lathe has been popular, and now EL250, EL550 and EL750 machines with a 38mm spindle bore will be arriving at the end of May.

We hope to carry some more information on these machines in the magazine soon.

Neil

 

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Surprised it has taken so long. They found a variable speed motor was cheaper than back gear years ago so now have saved on change gears while adding versatility. I wonder if it does BA threads as I have just been compiling a table of changegears for a friend’s EXE lathe.

Leadscrew is next to go as a stepper on the saddle engaging the rack will save on threaded rod.
As an aside since some will say the rack is not ‘precision’; in industry since microprocessors became common it has been normal to compensate for errors with a table of errors after a calibration process. This has enabled laboratory grade standards to be moved into the workplace, especially in electronic measuring instruments since the early eighties.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

It is just a case of entering TPI or Pitch so BA should not be a problem.

[simondavies3Participant @simondavies3]

One of the best things I did to my lathe a couple of years back when I fitted Clough42’s version of an ELS.
Now I don’t think twice about cutting a thread, whereas in the past it was weighed up against the hassle of assembling the change wheels then dismantling and returning to the auto feed setup.

Simon

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