I Bought a 1980's Mini CNC Lathe | Emco Compact 5 CNC

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I bought the legendary Emco Compact 5 CNC lathe. This is a small Benchtop mini CNC machine made back in the 1980s for educational purposes.
It's an ideal machine to start with in the CNC world as there are a lot of educational documents and instructions available for this machine.
In this video I introduce you to the new addition to my workshop and show you all the features of the machine.

And if you wonder: There will be definitely still some Mini Lathe content here. I have planned some videos of the new Emco in the future but I have still a lot of projects in mind with my Mini Lathe.

I hope you enjoy this video and the new machine as much as I do.

Let me know what you think in the comments.

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00:00 Intro
00:28 Why an Emco compact 5 cnc
04:21 Introducing the mechanics
09:32 Introducing the control panel
13:20 Manual mode
14:54 Cnc mode
15:52 Changes in the electronics
19:39 Some problems occur
24:17 Machining a test part

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We had one of these at MCVTS where I went to school during my apprenticeship. Our instructor didn't know how to use it and shat all over it and me for wanting to learn how to use it. We only had a "Shop class" in our 4th year so I kinda knew how to run everything else, so that was a disappointment. Will be watching with interest for future updates.

memyself

Awesome !! I got similar but manual, and i turn it to cnc... still in progress

vukaankuka

I remember we had a lot of these at my school but I never got to try them.

johnpekkala

wow what is not to love about this machine!

chyrt

Oh I wanted (and still do) one of these so much, my secondary school had one which I got to use precisely once, massive disappointment.

MUAW_IO

20 Years ago I saved a 5CNC from a fire alarm deluge. Some time later I lent this lathe to a friends father to do some wood turning ??. Anyway, after some time, I asked for the lathe to be returned. Incredulously I was told it had been thrown away, because, it had been smoking! As it turns out, if you leave the axis idling the windings of the motors gets hot enough to burn the wood chips my friends father had been turning, thus leading him to think that it was on fire and throwing it away. Be cautious. shut down the stepper motors when not in use!

shaunperhat

You should have used the beginning of 'Autobahn' 😊

alan-skky

Ah! Those keys❤…do any of you wonderful people have a recommendation for a computer keyboard that genuinely has those old heavy keys? Thank you

johnmoorefilm

Шикарный аппарат 👍 поздравляю с покупкой.

rustamsaifullin

Inch is acronym for: freedom units lol

jefftimmer

This is the 1st CNC lathe I ever programmed learned on…35 years later worked all over the world on the Apps for Mazak Deckel (DMG) starrag ..now @ WFL back in the uk…I would recommend anyone thinking of doing this for a career DONT pick something else

chrisyboy