G0709 Review

[Chip Hacket]

I stuck my collets in a 72-hole rack that's bolted to the lid of a US General cart. The lid is fixed with angle iron; I pulled the gas cylinders. The rack is mounted with the 8-hole edge running vertically; it's a 1/64" set of collets. I labeled the appropriate rows "1/16" and "1/8"; it's quicker for me to scan a row of "1/8" to grab a 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, etc. collet.

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Well, yes it would be quicker. I'm going to go rearrange mine right now. Thanks.

 

[wnchstrtnfldvlle]

yea mine was full until i got some smaller units used and have them dedicated to machines, either mounted to or set beside each tool freeing up room in the only tool box that i bought new, it was discounted at Home depot to $450 so i could not resist, (yes i'm a cheap SOB).
the shop is coming along nicely and thanks for the kind words.
the 4" pvc is for dust collector, the blue is 3/4 airlines, and the red romex is 10/3WG for 220v outlets, i even put 1 in the ceiling just incase.

Do you remember where you got the 3/4" airline setup? Was it a kit or did you piece it together? I'm in the market and hoping to get a recommendation if you've had good luck with your setup. There are a ton on Amazon, but leery of shoddy components. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[dabear3428]

Nice solution but here in the WA rain forest I need to keep the tooling in a chest otherwise it rusts. Fighting rust is a constant battle, I should get smart and install a mini-split.

i hear you that is what all the heart ache is on my side, I spent $2900 on closed cell foam and my wallet is still squealing. mini splits going in this week i hope. started out planning on non-conditioned space for machining area and after my cheap chinesum started rusting there is no way my cheap a$$ is going to put good equipment is there to rust.

 

[dabear3428]

Do you remember where you got the 3/4" airline setup? Was it a kit or did you piece it together? I'm in the market and hoping to get a recommendation if you've had good luck with your setup. There are a ton on Amazon, but leery of shoddy components. Thanks in advance for any help.

Amazon.com

the parts are good, i have not completed the install so no feedback yet but the install is nice and the parts are decent quality.

 

[coolidge]

Today I installed the Holdfast brand BXA tool holder. First, beef up the backsplash with some 1.5 inch x 1/4 inch angle.



Drilled and tapped the top for the holder.



I am really impressed with this product. The white holders are solid, machined near indestructible HDPE (commercial cutting board). The powder coated steel bracket is very nice, and 12 gauge and quite stout. If I had one criticism it's that they went cheap on the 1/4 inch nuts and screws. Naturally two of the lame ass nuts were malformed and went in the trash. I predict a McMaster-Carr stainless order coming up.

 

[dabear3428]

Today I installed the Holdfast brand BXA tool holder. First, beef up the backsplash with some 1.5 inch x 1/4 inch angle.

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Drilled and tapped the top for the holder.

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I am really impressed with this product. The white holders are solid, machined near indestructible HDPE (commercial cutting board). The powder coated steel bracket is very nice, and 12 gauge and quite stout. If I had one criticism it's that they went cheap on the 1/4 inch nuts and screws. Naturally two of the lame ass nuts were malformed and went in the trash. I predict a McMaster-Carr stainless order coming up.

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i like it but it is too shiny, the photos are hurting my eyes, you need to get some chips on it and maybe some oil stains on the floor.

 

[coolidge]

The lathe arrived from the factory with chipped paint everywhere. This has started to get on my nerves so while I was waiting for a McMaster-Carr order I got the thread dial sanded and re-painted.

The original, no paint on the top and paint chipped down the side.



After, painted and baked in the oven. Kind of good that I took this apart to paint because it was gunked up with brass chips and sludge.



Reinstalled. I disliked the copper indicator so I have a stainless inbound. Note the color difference, that's the closest I could get to Grizzly's off white. Someone called it 'putty' which is a good description. Thank god it's not the old Grizzly cream color which I found horrid. The color is a closer match, the digital camera made the Grizzly color look darker and the white whiter.

 

[coolidge]

This is the Exon Valdez screw. While this backsplash screw bottoms out in the hole, it's obviously cut into the headstock cavity because no small amount of headstock oil leaks out of this thing.

Mod: Trying to hold up the large backsplash while getting the screws started or removing them is not so much fun so I replaced all 4 screws with M6 studs. Now I can hoist the backsplash up on the studs to hold it in place while I spin on the nuts, easy!



I jammed this in with a bunch of teflon tape, we see if this stops the leak because just tightening the screw did not.



Here I'm using M6 oversized flange nuts, they are 13mm hex vs the normal tiny M6 nuts. It's just easier to handle a larger nut vs those tiny things with my large hands.



Finally here are the 1/2 inch spacers I added to the tailstock end of the backsplash. Grizzly just jams the backsplash on crooked (face palm) so it's kind of bent in headstock to tailstock.

 

[GeneT45]

For your "Exxon Valdez" screw, you can get sealing bolts: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/bolts/sealing-hex-head-screws-6/?s=sealing+bolts cosmetically much more in line with the nice work you've done so far.

GsT

 

[BGHansen]

This is the Exon Valdez screw. While this backsplash screw bottoms out in the hole, it's obviously cut into the headstock cavity because no small amount of headstock oil leaks out of this thing.

Mod: Trying to hold up the large backsplash while getting the screws started or removing them is not so much fun so I replaced all 4 screws with M6 studs. Now I can hoist the backsplash up on the studs to hold it in place while I spin on the nuts, easy!

Well, now you've opened the can of worms, I've got to look over my lathe (LOL)! My X-axis scale went kaput after 8 years, I just stuck on a new one from TPactools.com ($110). I had the scale cable secured to the chip pan side of the taper attachment which is tough to access with the chip pan in place. So, I'm going to pull the pan and will do your mods once I get access. Thanks for all of the great info and improvements!

Another mod to consider is adding a couple of additional tick marks to your compound (thread below). It's not necessary, it was just a case of my OCD. My Clausing has tick marks for a full 360 while the Grizzly only had 120.

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