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These are pictures of the Shoptask Patriot along with CNC controls from
Dan Mauch.  Posted by Dan Mauch (dmauch@seanet.com)

Dan provided the following description:

>  I was down at the SHOPTASK company to check out my new Pendant Power Feed
>and CNC Controls on John Taylor's new Patriot Model machine. While I was
>there I took some pictures with my digital camera and will post them on the
>web at http://www.metalworking.com  . Simply click on the "check drop box"
>and look for the pictures with the letter Patrxxx.jpg. You may also want to
>check out their web page at http://www.shoptask.com
>  The pictures show the Patriot Model with all kinds of add on features. The
>Patriot model is an imported lathe/mill/drill. SHOPTASK  (see
>http://www.shoptask.com) strips them down and send the bases out for powder
>coating. The unit is reassembled using American made bearings and motors.
>This particular model was outfitted with a 3 axis stepper motor CNC system,
>with  ballscrews on the X-Y axis, a 2 axis DRO, an electronic threading
>dial, and most importantly, the mechanism to raise and lower the mill/drill
>head. The mechanism is unique and as far as I know,  is the only know
>mechanism that converts a lathe/mill drill to include a knee mill type
>feature. The mill head raises and lowers on 4 posts. There is a momentary
>switch for raising or lowering the head. Once in position it is locked in
>place. As you can see by the
>photos it is a nice machine with tons of features however a customer can
>start with the basic shoptask,and add all these features bit by bit and
>come up with a nice production center