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15" & 17" LATHES

The CLAUSING/METOSA 15" or 17" Precision Geared Head Lathes with Soft Start and Variable Speed Lathes will help increase your productivity and profits. The machines are designed with a heavy-duty cast iron base to give you years of trouble-free production... Just Add Your Chuck and You’re Ready to Turn.

Heavy-duty cast-iron base construction on all 15" and 17" models.
Features

Specifications

Standard Equipment

Optional Features

Electrical

Dimensions, Center Distance & Weight

Recommended Chucks

 

Features:

Bed & Bedways:

The extra-wide 12" bed is constructed of stabilized cast iron with bedways hardened and ground to a hardness of 42 to 47 Rc. The scientifically designed bed has tapered cross braces for fast and easy chip removal. The bed is mounted on a heavy-duty cast iron base that is specially engineered to absorb vibration and ensure smooth accurate operation.

Micro Carriage Stop:

For precision positioning the Micro Carriage Stop is a standard feature.

4-Position Bed Stop:

The 4-Position Bed Stop, a standard feature, allows fast positioning for turning and cutting.

 
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Carriage & Apron:

Controls are designed for easy operation. The 15" and 17" lathes have easy-to-read dual inch and metric dials and are equipped with a quick change tool post.

Tailstock:

A heavy-duty casting design for maximum rigidity with a 2.28" ram and a 4MT taper. The ram has a graduated scale and the handwheel ring is indexed for accurate ram positioning.

 
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Specifications:

 

15" Soft Start

15" Variable Speed

17" Soft Start

17" Variable Speed

Capacity

 

Swing Over Bed

15.75"

15.75"

17.72"

17.72"

 

Center height

7.87"

7.87"

8.86"

8.86"

 

Swing in gap

23.62"

23.62"

25.39"

25.39"

 

Gap length (in front of face plate)

6.30"

6.30

6.30

6.30

 

Swing over carriage

14.57"

14.57"

16.54"

16.54"

 

Swing over cross slide

8.26"

8.26"

10.28"

10.28"

 

Bed width

12"

12"

12"

12"

Headstock

 

Spindle bore

2.05"

2.05"

2.05"

2.05"

 

Spindle nose

D1-6

D1-6

D1-6

D1-6

 

Spindle taper

4MT

4MT

4MT

4MT

 

No. spindle speeds 
(Soft Start)*

12

-

12

-

 

Spindle speed (rpm)

40-2200

0-2300

40-2200

0-2300

 

No. spindle speeds ranges V.S.

 

3

 

3

 

   Low speed range (rpm)

 

0-310

 

0-310

 

   Medium speed range (rpm)

 

310-840

 

310-840

 

   High speed range (rpm)

 

840-2300

 

840-2300

Thread and feed box

 

No. of longitudinal feeds

44

44

44

44

 

   Range (inches)

0.0018-0.0026

0.0018-0.0026

0.0018-0.0026

0.0018-0.0026

 

No. of cross feeds

44

44

44

44

 

   Range (inches)

0.0005-.0.0076

0.0005-.0.0076

0.0005-.0.0076

0.0005-.0.0076

 

No. of metric threads

44

44

44

44

 

   Range (mm)

0.5-7.5

0.5-7.5

0.5-7.5

0.5-7.5

 

No. of inch threads

44

44

44

44

 

   Range

4-60

4-60

4-60

4-60

 

No. of modular thread

44

44

44

44

 

  Range

0.25-3.75

0.25-3.75

0.25-3.75

0.25-3.75

 

No. of diametral pitch threads

44

44

44

44

 

  Range

8-120

8-120

8-120

8-120

 

Leadscrew dia./TPI

1.26"/4

1.26"/4

1.26"/4

1.26"/4

Slide and carriage

 

Cross slide travel

11.81"

11.81"