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Busbee Cue

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Hello,
I was going to buy the Grizzly G0704 Drill/Mill with the power feed but after talking to tech support I am unsure what I really need. I want to be able to cut v-grooves and true up point stock using the method that DZ Cues shows on his web site but Grizzly Tech said that none of the drill/mills would work for wood because the RPM is to slow. After reading alot on the forum it was sounding like a lot of guys do use something very similar to this unit.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I would hate to buy the wrong machine for what I want to do.

Thank you.
 
Busbee Cue said:
Hello,
I was going to buy the Grizzly G0704 Drill/Mill with the power feed but after talking to tech support I am unsure what I really need. I want to be able to cut v-grooves and true up point stock using the method that DZ Cues shows on his web site but Grizzly Tech said that none of the drill/mills would work for wood because the RPM is to slow. After reading alot on the forum it was sounding like a lot of guys do use something very similar to this unit.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I would hate to buy the wrong machine for what I want to do.

Thank you.
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RPM is relevant to chip removal, it would work at 100 rpm if you know what your doing. I'd say its more than adequate for wood, your just not gonna be able to feed real fast.

I like that mill, theres a host of aftermarket parts for it if you ever want to retrofit to cnc.

For that price, i'd say it was a wise decision
 
LGSM3 said:
RPM is relevant to chip removal, it would work at 100 rpm if you know what your doing. I'd say its more than adequate for wood, your just not gonna be able to feed real fast.

I like that mill, theres a host of aftermarket parts for it if you ever want to retrofit to cnc.

For that price, i'd say it was a wise decision
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Busbee, Tap. tap.. tap... Jake. Your spindle RPM will dictate your feed rate, that mill will do the job that you want. You will have to find that speed/feed sweet spot for each species of woods.
 
One of the things I've picked up on this forum is that guys seem to get a better/cleaner V when using a side cutter as opposed to a vertical V-cutter. It seems that the side cutter works better because the cutting edges are on the edge but on the vertical cutter, the point is spinning but there aren't really any cutting edges there - hope this makes sense. And it's not the gospel truth necessarily, just what I've read here.
So, if you buy into the above explanation, that might influence your decision on this mill as well.
My 2 cents,

Gary
 
I wish I knew more about mills as I would like to get a Grizzly at some point.

This the one that I have book marked.

http://grizzly.com/products/Mill-Drill-w-Variable-Speed-Power-Feed/G1007

With a possible 3000 rpm, if I remember, someone had mentioned in past threads that 3000 is adequate for cutting wood.

Before I bought it, I would definitely ask someone in this Forum before I sent any money away but I like this one.
 
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Get the Table Power Feed. It makes it nice especially if you work at the mill for several hours. I'm sure the table is a lot lighter than a Bridgeport but your hands/arms will still get tired. Plus, the feed is easier to get a nice smooth finish.

If they have the Power Feed for the quill I'd skip that. Unless your going to be doing a lot of fine close tolerance boring it isn't need.

If you look on Criagslist in York PA, someone has a similar machine for $500. It was listed with a small old Sears lathe.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
I wish I knew more about mills as I would like to get a Grizzly at some point.

This the one that I have book marked.

http://grizzly.com/products/Mill-Drill-w-Variable-Speed-Power-Feed/G1007

With a possible 3000 rpm, if I remember, someone had mentioned in past threads that 3000 is adequate for cutting wood.

Before I bought it, I would definitely ask someone in this Forum before I sent any money away but I like this one.
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I've got almost that identical mill/drill that I picked up from Horrible Fright some time ago. The one that I purchased had some rust on the table and on the post and no power feed but I only paid 500.00 for it. I picked up the identical power feed for it on e-bay. It cleaned up pretty quickly. It's done everything that I've asked of it and I wish I had two of them. I would use it for other operations but the vice is so heavy to mount and dismount that I just usually leave it set-up for doing half/splice points. I once could have bought another one, brand new, for just 300.00 but it was partly disassembled and I didn't feel like moving it. They are heavy.

Dick
 
As mentioned earlier 3000 rpms is fine. As a bonus you will get more life out of your point cutting bit than you will using it at 30,000 rpms on a router. Just cut the groove in a few passes and you will be fine. My once inch v-bit works fine at 3000.
 
ratcues said:
Where did you find the CNC rotary table? That looks pretty slick.
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That is a Sherline, self contained rotary table. I have one on my CNC gantry as a fourth axis. It has a number of different modes for use with it's own computer or it can be slaved to your normal CNC program so as to work off of your program or, it can be set for equal divisions from 1-999. If I want a 3 point I set for 3 divisions, If I want a 7 point I just set the divisions to 7. That mode is especially nice when making tubes of deco-rings such as 20 or 24.

Dick
 
ratcues said:
Where did you find the CNC rotary table? That looks pretty slick.
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It's very slick! That is a Sherline, self contained CNC rotary table. We have one on our mill. It has a number of different modes for use with its own computer or it can be slaved to your normal CNC program so as to work off your program. It can be set for equal divisions from 1-999. If we want a 6 point item, we set it for 6 divisions. If we want 14 points we just set the divisions to 14. That mode is especially nice when making tubes of deco-rings such as 10 to 12; 20 to 24 or anthing you can dream up. It works great when cutting points as the divisions are precise as long as you keep going in the same direction. It's worth the price of admission.

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Joe Barringer said:
Randy...

This is the model you want:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Mill-Drill-w-Variable-Speed-Power-Feed/G1007

And, it works fine for doing points:
http://www.cuecomponents.com/mimawidroand.html

3,000 RPM is adequate for what you're wanting to do and you'll find that it's fast enough to do point work.
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I own one of these Grizzly mills. I do beleive for the price you can't beat it and it will do want you want. Be sure to get the power feed and a nice vice.
 
josie said:
I own one of these Grizzly mills. I do beleive for the price you can't beat it and it will do want you want. Be sure to get the power feed and a nice vice.
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The G1007 comes with the power feed and we use it all the time. It makes the operation go quickly. :)
 
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