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8 years later and finally retired I'm back with a new G0709 1440 lathe! I'm starting a long-term review/mods thread here. First up some things I already noticed that have improved since my G4003G 8 years ago.
1. First thing I checked for was the G4003G's messed up motor mount/pulley which are also used on the G0709. Looks like they fixed the motor mount, drilling the holes in the proper location so the pulley isn't hanging half off the dang motor shaft. The pulley also changed, it fully engages the entire motor shaft vs dangling off and looks all around beefier.
MOD: That said I'm still going to machine a new motor mount to isolate the motor from the lathe via these isolation mounts - McMaster-Carr 9213K35
2. Love this G0709 stand. It's larger and the leveling feet holes are front and rear. It's already quite stable and the 4 inch leveling feet will stick out front/rear further increasing the depth to guard against tipping. It's also a bit lower than the G4003G which suits me. The old G4003G, wow tippy with its feet tucked in and on the sides.
The liftgate move was sketchy, note it's already leaning. As the G0709 arrives fully assembled the pallet is quite long. The freight terminal put it down onto 2 pallets front to back. It was so long the delivery driver couldn't turn it sideways to get it all the way onto the liftgate. I had to get my saws all out and he hacked off part of a pallet. We then used a couple of hand trucks to muscle the thing the rest of the way onto the liftgate as his pallet jack was already hanging out off the back.
I removed the crate and things look pretty good except for a few parts that had rattled loose and fell off. One of the end cover knurled nuts, a mystery socket head bolt were laying on the pallet. I did notice some things are loose. The red forward/reverse knob, the screws holding the end of the chip guard. So I'll be checking the tightness of everything as I clean.
Note the twisted messed up pallet situation...
Here's the aftermath. It took the better part of a day to get it off the pallets and onto the floor. Even the Grizzly pallet is too wide for the engine hoists. See that 2x6 in the middle of the Grizzly pallet, even those stick out too far. I had to chop off the ends of those front and rear. As for the freight company's pallets I had to saw them out from under the Grizzly pallet, while inching the hoists in. Ugh not fun but she's on the floor safely.
If I had to do it over again I'd just rent a forklift, probably take no more than 20 minutes to complete this entire job of unloading off the trailer and removing from the pallets.
Some things have not changed, the chip guard is still crooked front to rear, the tailstock end needs a spacer.
The face plate is large and heavy I like it! I see the foot brake is painted sloppy...I'm trying to ignore the runs of red paint.
That's it for now, it's time to clean up this mess and get ready for the DRO install.
1. First thing I checked for was the G4003G's messed up motor mount/pulley which are also used on the G0709. Looks like they fixed the motor mount, drilling the holes in the proper location so the pulley isn't hanging half off the dang motor shaft. The pulley also changed, it fully engages the entire motor shaft vs dangling off and looks all around beefier.
MOD: That said I'm still going to machine a new motor mount to isolate the motor from the lathe via these isolation mounts - McMaster-Carr 9213K35
2. Love this G0709 stand. It's larger and the leveling feet holes are front and rear. It's already quite stable and the 4 inch leveling feet will stick out front/rear further increasing the depth to guard against tipping. It's also a bit lower than the G4003G which suits me. The old G4003G, wow tippy with its feet tucked in and on the sides.
The liftgate move was sketchy, note it's already leaning. As the G0709 arrives fully assembled the pallet is quite long. The freight terminal put it down onto 2 pallets front to back. It was so long the delivery driver couldn't turn it sideways to get it all the way onto the liftgate. I had to get my saws all out and he hacked off part of a pallet. We then used a couple of hand trucks to muscle the thing the rest of the way onto the liftgate as his pallet jack was already hanging out off the back.
I removed the crate and things look pretty good except for a few parts that had rattled loose and fell off. One of the end cover knurled nuts, a mystery socket head bolt were laying on the pallet. I did notice some things are loose. The red forward/reverse knob, the screws holding the end of the chip guard. So I'll be checking the tightness of everything as I clean.
Note the twisted messed up pallet situation...
Here's the aftermath. It took the better part of a day to get it off the pallets and onto the floor. Even the Grizzly pallet is too wide for the engine hoists. See that 2x6 in the middle of the Grizzly pallet, even those stick out too far. I had to chop off the ends of those front and rear. As for the freight company's pallets I had to saw them out from under the Grizzly pallet, while inching the hoists in. Ugh not fun but she's on the floor safely.
If I had to do it over again I'd just rent a forklift, probably take no more than 20 minutes to complete this entire job of unloading off the trailer and removing from the pallets.
Some things have not changed, the chip guard is still crooked front to rear, the tailstock end needs a spacer.
The face plate is large and heavy I like it! I see the foot brake is painted sloppy...I'm trying to ignore the runs of red paint.
That's it for now, it's time to clean up this mess and get ready for the DRO install.
