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Duality CNC Lathe Specifications

When sitting on your workbench the Duality Lathe operates as a conventional small lathe. It offers infinitely variable speed with two gear ratios, 4-way tool post, tailstock, and other accessories.

For CNC operations the Duality Lathe is mounted to the PCNC 1100. Using rigid quick change lathe tool post mounted to the spindle cartridge of the PCNC 1100 and CNC lathe software (both included), the precision motion of the PCNC 1100 controls lathe operations.

Whereas a manual lathe carriage moves left and right, the mill table moves the Duality Lathe left and right. Where a manual lathe cross slide moves in and out, the mill spindle head moves up and down. All conventional CNC lathe operations are available; turning, cut off, boring, drilling, even threading! There is no more need for threading gear changes, radius attachments, or taper attachments. You can turn any taper, radius, or curve you can draw.

When you're done with turning you are ready to take full advantage of the fact that your freshly turned work piece happens to be mounted on your mill. The Duality Lathe includes an integrated lathe spindle clamp, allowing the lathe to be used as a fixture while milling. Just tighten the spindle clamp and your work is now ready for milling flats, slots, drilling, or other finishing operations using the PCNC 1100. The spindle clamp includes a 360 degree index wheel allowing easy indexing for opposing flats, square heads, hex heads, or any other indexing operation. You can also add the Duality Lathe 4th axis for true simultaneous 4 axis milling of work held in the lathe.

The Duality Lathe comes without a mill or computer, but includes a 3 Jaw Chuck, MT2 Dead Center, Tool Post Mount, Alignment Mount, Quick Change Tool Post, wrenches, lathe control software, and all necessary cables. It also comes with the following tool holders: cutoff holder, boring bar holder, Morse taper #2 holder, turning/facing holder, and turning/boring holder. The Duality Lathe cannot be used with flood coolant and is not recommended for heavy duty turning operations.