Sherline lathes can be retrofitted to include a digital readout. Lathes can also be ordered new with factory installed digital readouts. This not only saves you the installation time, it saves a little money too, as you don’t pay for any of the parts like standard handwheels that are replaced in the DRO upgrade. The […]
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Adding DRO Handwheels to Stepper Motors
Introduction To install CNC stepper motor mounts on a Sherline machine, the handwheels must be removed. Sherline’s digital readout system measures handwheel rotation and translates it electronically into table movement rather than measuring table movement directly; therefore removing the special DRO handwheels eliminates the DRO function. Some CNC users prefer to have a DRO reading […]
CNC-ready Sherline Milling Machines
Sherline mills can be retrofitted for CNC-use or they can also be ordered with stepper motor mounts factory installed. Note that Sherline provides only the mounts and couplers. The customer is responsible for completing the system with the purchase of stepper motors, drivers, a computer and software. Some prefer to build their own system from […]
Mill Specifications
The following table provides the specifications for the 5000, 5400 and 2000 model lathes, and their metric equivalents (5100, 5410 and 2010). The 5000/5100 is a vertical milling machine with a 10″ base. The 5400/5410 is a vertical milling machine with a 12″ base, and adjustable zero handwheels. The 2000/2010 is an 8-direction vertical milling […]
Lathe Specifications
Specifications for the lathe models 4000 (basic short-bed length) and 4400 (basic long-bed length), and their metric counterparts 4100 and 4410:
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