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Going To Look At G4002 Tomorrow...
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I went and checked it out. It was under power and everything seemed to work ok. The bed looked pretty good, a couple of small nicks but no grooves or anything. It appears the bed gap has never been removed, runout seemed ok. However, most of the feed wheels had a good 1/4 turn or so of backlash when switching direction, this was more than I was expecting, is this normal or worn out?
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How many thousandths register on 1/4 turn? The lathes I learned on (good ol' American Iron) had 0.030"-0.040" backlash and we were taught to deal with it.
Not sure about the 4002 but some of the imports have various methods of adjustment, such as a split nut with screws or the ability to tension the brass nut.
I don't know what the changes are (or if there are any) but Grizzly usually changes the model number if there are significant differences.
If it is a good price, get it!
Not sure about the 4002 but some of the imports have various methods of adjustment, such as a split nut with screws or the ability to tension the brass nut.
I don't know what the changes are (or if there are any) but Grizzly usually changes the model number if there are significant differences.
If it is a good price, get it!
I have a 4002 I got the end of last year. It has about .030 backlash on the cross feed. I have not looked to see if there are any adjustments. Does not really affect me much on the lathe because I am normally only working in one direction at a time. I do love the lathe.