Victor Taichung Vturn-40/125

The Victor Taichung Vturn-40/125 is the shortest of the maker's heavy slant-bed lathes with an A2-11 spindle: a 15 in chuck, 2,500 rpm, Ø91 mm (Ø3.58 in) bar capacity and 1,300 mm (51.18 in) of turning length. The bed is a single-piece 45-degree casting, which the maker says keeps the ball screw close to the tool tip.

Three columns are listed, and the diameter the machine can turn shrinks as axes are added. As a 2 Axis lathe it turns Ø620 mm (Ø24.4 in) at most and Ø520 mm (Ø20.47 in) as standard. The C Axis machine is listed at Ø580 mm (Ø22.83 in) and Ø492 mm (Ø19.37 in). With the Y axis the maximum is Ø520 mm (Ø20.47 in) and the standard figure Ø432 mm (Ø17 in). Buyers moving existing 2 Axis jobs onto a live-tool machine should check their largest part against the right column.

The turret holds 10 tools on the 2 Axis machine and 12 on the other two, all on □32 mm shanks. The tailstock quill is M.T. #5, and the table marks it as live on the 2 Axis machine. Weight goes from 12,700 kg (27,998.67 lb) to 13,300 kg (29,321.44 lb) with the Y axis.

On this bed length the machine works mostly as a big chucker with a tailstock in reserve. The same headstock is sold on three longer beds for shaft work. A programmable tailstock, a chip conveyor with cart and an air conditioner for the electrical cabinet are on the standard list.