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Grizzly G0602 10 X 22 Lathe..


I was honored to have been commisioned by Steve, to make his Black Boar Collection Caps.
This good fortune gave me the oppertunity to get a new lathe... :)
The 1" Spindle Bore will save me a lot of time/effort because my previous Lathes had a small 3/4" Spindle bore..
I settled on this size because the bigger/longer Lathes were just too heavy/big to lift and move around..
And, I decided I would never make cues, so...... :wink:

Made my own "Heavy Duty" Lathe Stand/Table.. Has 4" Caster's so, I can roll it around.. :)

Thanks for viewing...
Alton
 

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Very nice!! Nice and clean too:grin: Does that actually do a 10" swing?? It doesn't look that large.
Dave
 
10 "

Hey Dave,
I wonder too??? :confused:
I never thought about that specification (10 " Swing), 'cause I had only cue caps in mind when buying that Lathe....


I told myself, this time, I'm gong to keep my New Lathe clean and "Like New" condition...
Like I told myself a million times before about my other machines.. :embarrassed2:
 
Nice pickup, Alton. The Grizzly stuff seems to get better every year. This lathe should last you a life time. Looking at getting the 12x36 gunsmith lathe from them myself if I can get enough money put aside. Who knows when one might have to change from making cues to making guns!!!!!

Bob Danielson
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
 
bdcues said:
Nice pickup, Alton. The Grizzly stuff seems to get better every year. This lathe should last you a life time. Looking at getting the 12x36 gunsmith lathe from them myself if I can get enough money put aside. Who knows when one might have to change from making cues to making guns!!!!!

Bob Danielson
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
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Now we're talking... :cool:
 
Nice purchase Alton. There is only one person that can make caps like you do
and thats you. Hope this will make it easier for you.

Just think, with a 10" swing, you can make some really big caps.
 
Wow..........

CueCaps said:
Grizzly G0602 10 X 22 Lathe..


I was honored to have been commisioned by Steve, to make his Black Boar Collection Caps.
This good fortune gave me the oppertunity to get a new lathe... :)
The 1" Spindle Bore will save me a lot of time/effort because my previous Lathes had a small 3/4" Spindle bore..
I settled on this size because the bigger/longer Lathes were just too heavy/big to lift and move around..
And, I decided I would never make cues, so...... :wink:

Made my own "Heavy Duty" Lathe Stand/Table.. Has 4" Caster's so, I can roll it around.. :)

Thanks for viewing...
Alton
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Alton,

Very, very special!!

Thanks for sharing. This is the machine that will make the next x-hundred stunning joint protectors!

Will Prout
 
MY New Defective Lathe....

steveinflorida said:
I love Grizzly tools. :thumbup:
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1st... Thanks all for posting. :)
I too, love a company that can supply that many Machines for those prices..

BUT......
I found out, (The hard way), tha my Tailstock Spindle height is about 1/32" higher than my Headstock Spindle/Chuck Center... :confused:

1/32" off is ridiculous..... But, the " As Released" inspection record of the lathe shows the alignment to be ??? I can't read that inspectors readings..
But, I know it ain't what I got..

No, there's no damage.. But, There is an unusual big gap between the tailstock housing and the Tailstock Base.. I think they will tell me to take it apart and sand that base's thickness to the proper height.... :(

What a loser I am....
I ain't paying my National Dept to a country that Cheated me.... :wink: (Made in China)
Plus, my lead screw has a gouge that flattened the threads... mmmm :(
No, there was no damage to the shipping crate.... All this is before they crated the Machine.. (In China)...
I mean, the guy goes to work everyday.. He thinks of 2 major things... Lunch and quiting time..
Why would he care about another guy that is 4000 miles away????


Thanks for sympathizing!!!!
Alton :p
 
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CueCaps said:
1st... Thanks all for posting. :)
I too, love a company that can supply that many Machines for those prices..

BUT......
I found out, (The hard way), tha my Tailstock Spindle height is about 1/32" higher than my Headstock Spindle/Chuck Center... :confused:

1/32" off is ridiculous..... But, the " As Released" inspection record of the lathe shows the alignment to be ??? I can't read that inspectors readings..
But, I know it ain't what I got..

No, there's no damage.. But, There is an unusual big gap between the tailstock housing and the Tailstock Base.. I think they will tell me to take it apart and sand that base's thickness to the proper height.... :(

What a loser I am....
I ain't paying my National Dept to a country that Cheated me.... :wink: (Made in China)
Plus, my lead screw has a gouge that flattened the threads... mmmm :(
No, there was no damage to the shipping crate.... All this is before they crated the Machine.. (In China)...
I mean, the guy goes to work everyday.. He thinks of 2 major things... Lunch and quiting time..
Why would he care about another guy that is 4000 miles away????


Thanks for sympathizing!!!!
Alton :p
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I posted about this in a previous post not long ago. These are designed to be a little high, but 1/32 is an extreme amount to be off but believe me, there is no machine tool builder in the world who would be so un-knowledgeable as to tell someone to make a repair in that manner. You should split your tail stock and see what is causing the gap between the two halves of the base. It may have been jarred loose during shipping and just needs to be dropped down with a lead hammer or a piece of grit or a burr. What actually holds the sub and upper base together is the two adjusting set screws on the sides. To split you loosen these two set screws, take the large nut off of the bottom that locks the tail-stock in place and then wedge the halves apart. If nothing can be found that is holding these two parts apart then the proper way to make the adjustment is to loosen the head stock to base bolts and shim the head-stock higher and then re-tighten. You would use the same thickness of shims on all 4 corners.

As far as the lead-screw, if it is damaged then Grizzly should replace it for free. These lathes are built in China but your larger companies, Enco, Jet and Grizzly to name a few, have inspectors on site whom inspect and choose the parts that go into their lathes. And then the machinery is sent to Grizzly where they inspect and final tune the machinery before being shipped to the customer, henceforth, the blame actually falls on Grizzly.

Dick
 
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Check that the tailsock runs parallel to the bed 1st in both planes before making adjustments. Check for the usual things like burs or dings or radius hanging on a sharp edge between the base and the tailstock on the keway that runs accross to adjust the CL offset. Check that the flat surfaces mate together properly, use bearing blue or something that will show they were touching flat together, even thinly spread nugget will work.

On my lathe that is similar to yours, I had to make another leadscrew support block and remount it in the correct place.Original was so far out the 1/2 nut could not engage when the carriage was more than 1/2 way along the bed from the chuck.
I also had to rework the dovetails and slide for the cross-slide and the compound slide. They did not run smooth and did not run true to any axis or plane.
The carriage dovetail was tapered .25mm and the crosslide was not flat or parallel top to bottom.The compound slide rotating base were worse.
Now that the rework is done it is a mint machine. The only thing that good about the machine was the initial price,the bed is flat and true and the tailstock runs parallel and straight to the spindle axis and is close to center, about .006mm above .The spindle runout when a test piece is turned and inspected on a Vee block with dti is .002mm of roundness.
Quite often with spindles, when a piece is turned and a dti is placed onto the part while still mounted it shows to be round and true. But a V block will show up this error and magnifies it by 41%
The lathe now runs sweet and is very repeatable and consistent.
Granted I did have access to some topend equipment to rework the parts so was luck there.There was 7 hours shop time to rectify all the carriage assembly problems including the surface grinding.
 
Thanks

Thank you Richard and Neil.... :)
I'm surprised that ... "These are Designed to be high"....
I thougt they were designed to be "aligned", for alignment... :confused:
:wink:

I'm just waiting to see what Grizzly's Tech dept. will answer.
I did e-mail my findings when Grizzly's Customer Service e-mailed me about my satisfaction with their product... TWICE... :yikes:
No answer yet.. Not even the "We received your reply and is forwarding your problem to our Tech. Dept.."
I don't want to start disassembling anything yet..
They might want me to take a photo and send it to them..

I just can't use the tailstock.... :o

Thanks again, :)
Alton
 
better you buy a German Machine:p:D
you start with my Caps my Friend( send it later to Bob Hegert as you told me):thumbup:
Ralf
 
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