Anyone seen Bobby Hunter's Haas CNC lathe?

Tommy-D

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> I've been running a 5 month old Haas TL-1 at school for the last few days,and man is it sweet. So far,all I've done on it is cut .302-14 screws out of stainless,complete with centerdrilled .1875 nipple on the end,for joint protectors. As long as I get the offsets right,it does EXACTLY what it's supposed to do.

I've also concluded so far that a HSS threading tool is superior to the indexable carbide inserts we have (Kennametal,very sharp with chipbreaker,but crazy brittle).

My thoughts are that the TM-1 is maybe a tad too short for tapering a shaft or butt. I was wondering if anyone had actually seen Bobby Hunter's Haas? If so,do they have a model number or if it was a custom,which they DO offer.

Thanks,Tommy D.
 
Tommy-D said:
> I've been running a 5 month old Haas TL-1 at school for the last few days,and man is it sweet. So far,all I've done on it is cut .302-14 screws out of stainless,complete with centerdrilled .1875 nipple on the end,for joint protectors. As long as I get the offsets right,it does EXACTLY what it's supposed to do.

I've also concluded so far that a HSS threading tool is superior to the indexable carbide inserts we have (Kennametal,very sharp with chipbreaker,but crazy brittle).

My thoughts are that the TM-1 is maybe a tad too short for tapering a shaft or butt. I was wondering if anyone had actually seen Bobby Hunter's Haas? If so,do they have a model number or if it was a custom,which they DO offer.

Thanks,Tommy D.
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Just for the record. That is a mill and not a lathe.

Jim.
 
Yes it is a mill With a rotary indexer and its the NUTS....

I helped Bob load up alot of stuff when he went to Chicago.

So far I never heard one complaint about the machine except maybe the price..

Craig Herman
 
> I didn't know he had a Haas mill/indexer,I saw one of those pics in the thread Joey posted and thought the back of the tailstock with the Haas logo on it was mounted on a lathe until now.

What would be the triple nuts is having the Haas indexer built into the spindle of the lathe (a pricey but available option on the TL-1),along with a fully capable mill for v-points,pocketing and tapering,kind of like a Smithy but much nicer.

Ideally,you could taper your cues on another machine to close to finish size,put them in this one and do nearly all of your inlay pockets,cut the parts,glue them in,and let dry. The next day,you come in and with a programmed stop/tool change to install your tapering router,cut the cue to the finished dimensions without changing a thing. Imagine the accuracy you could achieve with the lengths of v-points/veneers without having to totally change the setup 5-6 times over the length of the build process.

I'm certain they'd build it,but it might be as much as the whole shop for some guys.

Bobby's machine in the pics is at least a couple years old,the control pendant is slightly different than ours,not to mention the software interface is totally different. Tommy D.
 
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