not big enough for yokes really. X travel is only 235 mm. The center to center on most forks is more than that.

 

shit!!

wadda bout the Clarke CL500M Metal Lathe with Mill Drill

if not any one got any options??

 

Build on to your garage and to make room for a used Bridgeport

 

ummmm no room to build lol

 

Just wait for me to tool up my machines to produce triples professionally

I couldn't find any info on this machine through a quick internet search or on ebay but I'm figuring its one of those combo machines coming out of the orient. Generally, pretty much any machine will be able to make most anything if you're crafting in how you fixture parts to the machine. You can always move parts on the table and then rezero them in regards to the machine's spindle if the part is outside of the machine's work envelope.

So, yea while this machine probably isn't the best bet for machining triples, don't necessarily discourage you from getting it. I have a benchtop mill at home myself and its been indispensable for making all kinds of parts. At the very least it will introduce you to machining and I sort of feel that learning on machines with limited hp and rigidity teaches you how to optimize your setups and makes you appreciate it if you do someday move up to something more capable. Plus its a bit safer to learn on something smaller.

 

i nead to be able to machine triples tho the old lass is buying it so i could make a few bob on parts, so if i cant make yokes with it it aint what im after

 

Don't mean to thread jack Vernie...... To anyone... What would be involve/the best way of making a set of triples/yokes without a milling machine?

 

Subcontract them to someone with a milling machine

 

Brilliant flint. No seriously though.

 

I am being comepletely serious. There is no good way of making triples without a milling machine.

You could possibly do it with a drill press, a boring head and a shitload of time. At the end of the day though it would be hugely advantagious to you to use a mill.

 

Didn't I write a thread a while back about how to make tripples w/o a mill and only a heavy duty drill press, a flycutter, and lots of patience and finess. I'm sure its doable but so time consuming that its definately not worth doing. My post was a total sucess though cause it scarred him into having someone with a mill do the job.

 

I can't imagine buying the alum and spending weeks on them, only to realize your drill bit a little more than you thought it would, and now you have a big chunk of recycling instead of a trip.