Proxxon PD230/E Precision Lathe

A nice, small, high precision lathe, suitable for all metals and plastics. With a distance between centres of 230mm and a swing of 52mm and offering 28mm over the slide. Equipped with automatic feed, thread cutting facilities, headstock chuck, live centre and top slide for taper turning. Electronic speed control giving a spindle speed range from 100-3000rpm with 3 belt speeds, plus the motor has forward and reverse rotation. The spindle runs in high precision ball bearings and offers an accuracy of 0.01mm without the chuck. It also has an internal bore of 10.5mm. The automatic feed offers 0.05 or 0.1mm per revolution for a choice of cutting finishes. The tailstock has a 1MT internal bore with a spindle travel of 30mm. The standard three jaw chuck has a capacity of 2-25mm with the internal jaws, and 24-68mm on the external jaws. The hand wheels are fitted with zero adjustable scales with 40 divisions each of 0.025mm/division. The thread cutting facility covers the most important pitches of 0.5-0.625-0.7-0.75-0.8-1.0-1.25 & 1.5mm. The important item that ensures this high accuracy is a fine, grey cast iron bed with ground slide ways ensuring minimal deflection of the cutter, even under high loads. This lathe weighs 10kg so is portable enough to be stored away when not in use. Many other accessories are available for this machine, such as a milling/drilling head, drip tray, stand etc. Made in Europe, this machine offers a lot extra over most other small machines available today.