joesmith link=topic=1353.msg23517#msg23517 date=1314502444 said:sorry, I hit 1 too many zeros. I'll report back what I get. I'm talking about a single cut. No way this old lathe could match the precision of a good 10EE or many of the other high dollar lathes. But close to a.001 is better than I need for most of my jobs. I'm just an old hobbist. I got the 3 and 4 jaw chucks, a noname BX wedge toolpost and a good tailstock chuck--no steady, follower or faceplate.
It had all the extra gears per the Grizzly manual and 4 others I don't see where to use. They appeared to never have been unwrapped.
You will be fine with that machine. It's a good, solid lathe. Mine is a 1994 model. It's got all that I need. I was using it today to make four 2" wheels for my Crafstman motorcycle lift. It had 3" wheels and it was too high to slide under my Harley-Davidson Dyna. I found some nice 2" X 2" steel round drops from a steel yard and narrowed them and reamed them for ouilite busihings. All is well now and the bike is up on the lift. The 1/2" lowering job did the trick. I got them all within .001 width and that's that. The old Enco came through again!
I used the machine so much since I bought it that I wore the original chuck a bit. I cleaned the jaws up a couple of times but a couple of years ago I bought a new chuck from Enco. It has reversible jaws which are nice. The original chuck has change jaws which came with the machine to reverse. I use the original chuck with my 6" rotary table sometimes now.
My lathe has a 2 hp Chinese motor that's been very good. The only repairs to the lathe so far have been two new drive belts (they are dual side by side. I presuime yours is the same) and a burned out power light. I couldn't find a replacement neon bulb since it was an oddball so I replaced the light unit with a red indicator from a switch that I had. Otherwise, it's all been good.
As I mentioined earlier before you posted, I finally raised my lathe bed 3" with some steel risers. There wasn't emough room under there to clear out the swarf. I also wanted it a bit higher. It's easy to do. I also added a two-axis SINO DRO about a year ago. It works great!
Let us know how you like your machine when you get it cleaned up.
P.S. Enco is still selling a similar machine for almost the same price. The newer one has 18 speeds (Mine goes from 70 to 2100 with 8 speeeds which is all I have ever needed)
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