Re: dental inventions..best lathe, hex holes, wire bending and lasers

For your bender a duomite bender from travers tool for  (www.travers.com) or
McMaster Carr (www.mcmaster.com)
(or the chinese cheap equivlent from Micro Mark www.micromark.com)

for your laser
take a look a
VersaLaser( www.versalaser.com )

You could ask on rec.crafts.metalworking and alt.machines.cnc
about your hex hole.

"tracker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> visit www.ameritechcnc.com
> Look at their Medical Micro Lathe.
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> "Craig Erskine-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I need a lathe to turn fine screws ...down to stock of 0.3 mm dia
> > stainless....up to implant sizes of 8 mm dia  by 16 mm long. What is
> > best? Should I go cnc or is the learning curve too steep for a dabbler
> > making prototypes? Also how can I make a hex hole of 2mm deep and 1.5
> > across in Stainless steel rod 2.2mm dia? Can any one suggest a laser
> > at low cost that can cut clothing fabric...and a way to robotically
> > control it on a production line. Finally can any one suggest a source
> > for a wire bending machine that can form something like a 100mm 's'
> > shaped hook from coathanger wire? Thankyou!
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