I was reading a post from another group the other day and happen read about a lathe that they called a twist lathe. It well allow you to make rope molding. My question is do they still make these and if so wheree do I start looking. i make alot of gum ball machines (candy machine) and since I use the rope molding alittle over 8' for each and cost is about $10 per 8' piese it might be cheaper to make myself. any help would be HELPFUL
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twist lathe
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john lucas
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A legacy mill will let you make rope twists using a router and If you can pick up an old Sears Router Crafter you can make rope twists. I don't know of a lathe that will do it.
http://www.legacywoodworking.com/
http://www.legacywoodworking.com/
I can confirm the Legacy Milling Machine as something which works very well. I have an old one and use it for my custom architectural woodturning business, doing rope twists, barley twists, and fluting. There are many other tasks which it will also do, but those are the ones I use a lot.
The lathe you want is a HAPFO COPY LATHE. type hapfo into your browzer and hold your breath. they tend to be very costly but they are the best. there are also videos of that lathe on utube.
The cream of the crop in automatic lathes would be the
HAPFO AP 7000 CNC 16" swing 9 feet BTC
It will only set you back about $150 grand. That's minus the attachments
to do twisted work.
You might be able to get a used HAPFO Hydro King copy lathe if you look around. Look up E&R Systems Tech, they are the East Coast Hapfo dealers.
Jim
HAPFO AP 7000 CNC 16" swing 9 feet BTC
It will only set you back about $150 grand. That's minus the attachments
to do twisted work.
You might be able to get a used HAPFO Hydro King copy lathe if you look around. Look up E&R Systems Tech, they are the East Coast Hapfo dealers.
Jim
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I have both a Legacy and a Hapfo 5000. Had a lot of experience with both. Depending on the number of roped pieces you need would determine which machine. You can figure on spending from $400 to $15000 on a Legacy going from a small bench type to a CNC unit. Take a look at their website and you will get a good idea of what they can do.
Hapfo lathes are a large cut above just about any lathe. They are a lathe first and a Roping machine second. Hapfo ranges from $20000 to $150000. They are available on the used market for much less. If you want real info on the Hapfo email Tom Fantaccione Thewoodshopinc@aol.com. He knows more about Hapfo than anyone else in the US.
Hapfo lathes are a large cut above just about any lathe. They are a lathe first and a Roping machine second. Hapfo ranges from $20000 to $150000. They are available on the used market for much less. If you want real info on the Hapfo email Tom Fantaccione Thewoodshopinc@aol.com. He knows more about Hapfo than anyone else in the US.
I should have mentioned Tom Fantaccione . Pauls right about his knowledge of the Hapfo lathes, I belive he knows more then those who make the lathe. He's a great guy and a lot of fun to be around. I've spent a good deal of time being trained by him over the past 8 years. Jim