Product Description
Sherline CNC-ready lathes have factory-installed stepper motor mounts in place of the handwheels and are ready to apply 23-frame size stepper motors and computer numeric controls (CNC). Handwheels for each axis are included with the machine, although you can’t use them until you install stepper motors. Sherline offers high-quality stepper motors and CNC options. Sherline recommends using dual-shaft stepper motors to apply handwheels to the rear shaft for manual control.
The machined base of this lathe replaces the cast base for our leadscrew lathes. The design is based on our ball screw lathe base. The base is wider for better stability and more rigid than our cast base. It is interchangeable with older 17″ benchtop lathes, and it is available as a replacement part for the 24″ cast base.
Our CNC-ready benchtop lathe is perfect for the customer looking for a mini CNC lathe to make small, precision parts. All our lathes are made in the USA, and our customer service is second to none. Although our machines are small, they can produce high-quality precision parts. Our CNC lathe will cut wood and plastic and is rigid and accurate enough to cut aluminum and steel parts. This lathe is a desktop-size machine with full-size machine precision and accuracy.
Connecting your CNC-Ready Lathe to a Controller
Once you have the machine, you will need to attach stepper motors, a CNC driver, and a CNC controller. Sherline offers the following options to connect your leadscrew lathe to a CNC controller:
- Stepper motors–High-torque (P/N 67126, recommended) or standard (P/N 67127)
- 4-axis Driver Box (P/N 8760)
- Acorn CNC controllers (P/N 9400) or Linux CNC computer (P/N 8761)*
*NOTE: The Linux PC includes a mouse and keyboard (a monitor is not included). However, you must provide your own computer for the Acorn Controller.
Ordering options:
Use the selections in the drop-down menus above to configure your machine. The Machine Accessories tab above provides more specifications on each option and accessory package.
- A powerful 90V DC motor with electronic speed controller*
- Standard headstock: #1 Morse taper with 3/4 x 16 external spindle thread (Option to upgrade headstock above)
- The base is a solid 28″ x 5″ x 1/2″ 6061 aluminum plate, and the headstock and tailstock mounts are solid, machined 6061 aluminum.
- The lathe saddle has internal oiling ports incorporated to keep the lathe bed dovetail areas lubricated.
- 2.75″ (70mm) x 6.0″ (152mm) crosslide
- 24″ (610mm) steel bed that has 17″ (431mm) between centers
- 2.5″ (63mm) resettable, zero-adjustable handwheel for the leadscrew, one 2″ (51mm) resettable, zero-adjustable handwheel for the crosslide feed screw, and a 2″ (51mm) resettable, zero-adjustable handwheel on the tailstock. Each handwheel has laser-engraved aluminum handwheel collars**
- Rocker tool post substituted for the standard tool post used on the short-bed lathes
- Pulleys, drive belt, faceplate, lathe dog, two dead centers, three hexagonal keys, tool post, sharpened high-speed steel cutting tool, eight-foot three-wire power cord, and instruction manual
* Not included with a lathe without motor and speed control.
**CNC machines cannot be operated manually unless double-shaft stepper motors are installed.
