My New Lathe

[cuedaddy]

Just got er in yesterday.. NO BITS? Sad Face
Will be experimenting for a good time before I try anything impressive.
Grizzly 9725
Specs:
Threading dial
Forward / reverse switch
Power longitudinal feed
Power cross feed
Four-position turret tool post
Steady and follow rest
Tailstock offsets 1/2"
Threading dial
Swing over bed: 16-1/2"
Distance between centers: 31"
Range of threads (inches): 4-120 TPI
Number of speeds: 7 lathe / 16 mill/drill
Lathe speed range: 175-1425 RPM

No Quick Change Gear Box.. Sad Face. But not bad for my first metal lathe


The Freight company dropped it off about 10 feet from my garage.. Unfortunately we had to go over a gravel road with a cherry picker.. Wow that was fun. The thing weighs like 600Lbs

I was amazed how covered in grease it came.. Which is to protect from lockup.. But Geezuz
Anyhow. Thought I would share

The Tool Shop is my old lathe that I use(d) for Finishing..

 

[mamono]

wow, talk about upgrading...

 

[manwon]

Just got er in yesterday.. NO BITS? Sad Face
Will be experimenting for a good time before I try anything impressive.
Grizzly 9725
Specs:
Threading dial
Forward / reverse switch
Power longitudinal feed
Power cross feed
Four-position turret tool post
Steady and follow rest
Tailstock offsets 1/2"
Threading dial
Swing over bed: 16-1/2"
Distance between centers: 31"
Range of threads (inches): 4-120 TPI
Number of speeds: 7 lathe / 16 mill/drill
Lathe speed range: 175-1425 RPM

No Quick Change Gear Box.. Sad Face. But not bad for my first metal lathe


The Freight company dropped it off about 10 feet from my garage.. Unfortunately we had to go over a gravel road with a cherry picker.. Wow that was fun. The thing weighs like 600Lbs

I was amazed how covered in grease it came.. Which is to protect from lockup.. But Geezuz
Anyhow. Thought I would share

The Tool Shop is my old lathe that I use(d) for Finishing..

Did the young apprentice also come with the lathe???? if so I will have to buy one!!!!!

Nice set-up thanks for sharing, and good luck with your cue building!

Have a great day Craig

 

[SK Custom Cues]

nice score.

 

[dave sutton]

yea cleaning that will be fun and you still will find grease.

not bad at all. only thing is 31'' is a little tight between centersfur cuemaking.

what u gonna be doing on it?

 

[ShootingArts]

A very nice toy!

A move forced the sale of my metal lathe and mill. I have a cue lathe, a small metal lathe, and several wood lathes but I badly miss my midsized metal machinery. Not much you can't make with a lathe, mill, and a little know how.

I advise buying a few packs of high speed steel blanks and reading up on shaping cutting tools. When a bit breaks or you are in the middle of a job at two AM it is very nice to know how to grind what you need to finish up. Too, I ground some specialty tools that don't exist anywhere that I know of.

Machines are like rabbits, they multiply! So does the tooling. It's a fun trip though and this doesn't look like your first piece so you know what I am talking about.

Hu

Just got er in yesterday.. NO BITS? Sad Face
Will be experimenting for a good time before I try anything impressive.
Grizzly 9725
Specs:
Threading dial
Forward / reverse switch
Power longitudinal feed
Power cross feed
Four-position turret tool post
Steady and follow rest
Tailstock offsets 1/2"
Threading dial
Swing over bed: 16-1/2"
Distance between centers: 31"
Range of threads (inches): 4-120 TPI
Number of speeds: 7 lathe / 16 mill/drill
Lathe speed range: 175-1425 RPM

No Quick Change Gear Box.. Sad Face. But not bad for my first metal lathe


The Freight company dropped it off about 10 feet from my garage.. Unfortunately we had to go over a gravel road with a cherry picker.. Wow that was fun. The thing weighs like 600Lbs

I was amazed how covered in grease it came.. Which is to protect from lockup.. But Geezuz
Anyhow. Thought I would share

The Tool Shop is my old lathe that I use(d) for Finishing..

 

[pooljunkie75]

Lathe

Good looking machine! I am currently in the market for another lathe but just don't know what to get....What are you going to be doing on it? Right now I have a Unique lathe and a few other finishing pieces, but when it come to needing some thing rigid I have to use a metal lathe at my day job. Let me know what you think of it, any info will help.:thumbup:

Thanks

 

[cuedaddy]

I was on the edge of buying a hightower.. But my phone calls for 3 days were missed.. And in thinking during that time, My current market share is towards cue parts .. I have moderate experience with the skills required to do threaded pins, Joint collars, ferrules, smaller parts, I have no experience with turning cues.. And a set of guys that are out of work, with moderate to advanced machining background, and a lot of time on there hands.. With all of my projects, Building cues is not something I can be doing at this time with all of the time consumption involved in learning the craft...
I can however take premade blanks and throw a pin in, finish.. Make shafts.. pins, ferrules... quite a few items.. The next plan is to pick up a hightower and start doing SP's..
Ive got a ton of materials(as Ive been selling Rod and tube).. And to go with it a share of the cuebuilder and hobbyist market.

When I found out that I didnt have a set of bits.. My first thought was to call around and see if anyone locally had high speed steel so I could grind my own.. My high school metals class, the first thing you learn is to cut bits using true blue and HSS.. Unfortunately no one around here has anything for a metal lathe.. at least not 1/2"

Thanks all!

 

[TX Poolnut]

Wow. Hope you have hours and hours of fun with that thing.

 

[ELBeau]

What's the spindle bore on that booger?

 

[cuedaddy]

1 1/8" anyone ever heard of mods for this to go bigger?. Doesnt quite fit the butt end through.. I could do a doweled end to reduce the length and put a handle on.. dont know if I can get enough on it to do a pin.. I think Im going to go try..
Now that you mention it.
-Andy

 

[cuedaddy]

Ive got about 3" of play from tail stock to the end of the forearm when I put the butt end of a finished cue in the headstock. If I pick up a bigger headstock.. I should have enough play to do everything.. The through hole is just a tad too small.

 

[ShootingArts]

chuck

Ive got about 3" of play from tail stock to the end of the forearm when I put the butt end of a finished cue in the headstock. If I pick up a bigger headstock.. I should have enough play to do everything.. The through hole is just a tad too small.

The spindle through hole is what it is. The spindle itself is usually pretty thin. If that is a D-lock chuck or bolted on a backing plate though you may be able to bore the center enough to get room for a butt all the way through it. If not another chuck can be found with a bigger center hole. There are some much thinner chucks that might work with some modifications too. Always more than one way to skin a cat.

Hu

 

[cuedaddy]

Heres a picture of the chuch attached to the plate.. the second larger plate.. the through hole.. and the last picture with the dial on it.. Wondering what that is for?
-Andy

 

[63Kcode]

1 1/8" anyone ever heard of mods for this to go bigger?. Doesnt quite fit the butt end through.
-Andy

I have been working on my cheap lathe. Trying to get it where I can make a stick for myself. Bore size was my biggest problem. Mine was 7/8". I managed to open it up to 1 1/16". I made a bore bar by brazing a piece of carbide to a piece of pipe. Then slowly fed it through the bore. Finished the bore with 80 grit sand paper. Don't know if I would have the balls to do it to a brand new machine. But you wanted to know if it could be done. Here is a photo. Sorry about the size.

Hopefully I will be ordering some parts from you soon.

Larry

 

[DaveK]

.. and the last picture with the dial on it.. Wondering what that is for?
-Andy

That's a threading dial. It is used to indicate when to engage the half-nut during threading operations. You'll need to understand it's operation if you are going to cut threads. Here is a site that has a web version of a US Army training manual on operating a metal lathe. The threading dial is discussed about 1/2 way down the second page.

http://www.americanmachinetools.com/how_to_use_a_lathe.htm

I'd browse the entire document, it's full of good information on metal lathe operations. Here is a page with the entire series of US Army Machine Tool training manuals in pdf form, including the one above :

http://www.metalworking.com/tutorials/ARMY-TC-9-524/9-524-index.html

Dave

 

[cuedaddy]

I have been working on my cheap lathe. Trying to get it where I can make a stick for myself. Bore size was my biggest problem. Mine was 7/8". I managed to open it up to 1 1/16". I made a bore bar by brazing a piece of carbide to a piece of pipe. Then slowly fed it through the bore. Finished the bore with 80 grit sand paper. Don't know if I would have the balls to do it to a brand new machine. But you wanted to know if it could be done. Here is a photo. Sorry about the size.

Hopefully I will be ordering some parts from you soon.

Larry

Thanks for the info Larry.. Doesnt look bad, just wondering if it would cause problems down the road?

 

[cuedaddy]

A move forced the sale of my metal lathe and mill. I have a cue lathe, a small metal lathe, and several wood lathes but I badly miss my midsized metal machinery. Not much you can't make with a lathe, mill, and a little know how.

I advise buying a few packs of high speed steel blanks and reading up on shaping cutting tools. When a bit breaks or you are in the middle of a job at two AM it is very nice to know how to grind what you need to finish up. Too, I ground some specialty tools that don't exist anywhere that I know of.

Machines are like rabbits, they multiply! So does the tooling. It's a fun trip though and this doesn't look like your first piece so you know what I am talking about.

Hu

Just bought some HSS.. we will see what I can make of it