G0709 Review

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Tool height gauge block completed.

Review Note: Quality Machine Tools 5/8 shank tools, thumbs up!

Review Note: Some cautioned that these Dorian tool holders with the lowered floor so they can hold 3/4 inch shank tools may have trouble reaching the lathe centerline with 5/8 inch shank tools. They work fine, but as you can see from the photo I'm almost at the top of the adjustment range, maybe .080 to .100 left. Forget about 1/2 inch shank tools, they would require a spacer underneath.

 

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Getting into some stainless steel, I smell Rapid Tap fumes.



Review Note: I'm super happy with how the lathe is performing thus far. I'm turning this stainless down to make a spacer for the carriage lock. I'm .570 inch diameter on my way to .500 in this pic.

Review Note: LOVING the Quality Machine Tools DRO so far. So many options and quite easy to navigate the menus. I would know I retired a managing director of 800+ software developers.

 

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I finished the stainless spacer. The parting off went pretty well with the tiny Dorian part off blade. The stub drill and carbide chamfer drills worked great on the ID with the tailstock. It didn't part off clean so I had to flip this little guy around in the 8" chuck to finish. It chucked up nice and true with only .300 to get a grip on.

Aloris Fail: The mighty Aloris #71 parting tool holder...yeah 100% DEFECTIVE. Some fool put the wrong wedge nut on it and just jammed the adjustment screw in until it would move no more. For north of $200 that was pretty lame QC. Of course I ordered another immediately it is a great parting tool.

 

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The replacement Aloris #71 parting tool holder arrived (left) and ah-HA just as I thought the first one (right) shipped with the wrong wedge nut. That's the wedge nut for the #7 not the #71 the idiots. Note the half round rear on the incorrect nut on the right vs the full round on the left.

 

[GeneT45]

The replacement Aloris #71 parting tool holder arrived (left) and ah-HA just as I thought the first one (right) shipped with the wrong wedge nut. That's the wedge nut for the #7 not the #71 the idiots. Note the half round rear on the incorrect nut on the right vs the full round on the left.

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Nice catch! That's pretty poor QC on what is, at least for now, considered a premium brand.

GsT

 

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Nice catch! That's pretty poor QC on what is, at least for now, considered a premium brand.

GsT

They put all that effort into making a quality tool then blow the customer experience in the last step. I probably worked on that first tool for an hour (that nut was jammed in there) before I figured out, yeah this is totally the wrong nut and this tool isn't going to work. Then I tossed it aside disgusted. I'm pretty sure the CEO of Aloris would not be happy about that.

 

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I ordered some spare parts from Grizzly. Compound scale, limit switch and brass helical gear for the thread dial. UPS handed it off to my local post office who delivered it to the wrong address so it's vanished. lol

 

[dabear3428]

I ordered some spare parts from Grizzly. Compound scale, limit switch and brass helical gear for the thread dial. UPS handed it off to my local post office who delivered it to the wrong address so it's vanished. lol

you have worse luck than me!, now that is impressive!

 

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you have worse luck than me!, now that is impressive!

I was on the phone with Grizzly getting this sorted, the post office loses their packages so often they have a documented procedure to follow when it happens. LOL She said they just eat the loss. They are re-sending my order UPS ground this time vs trying to save $2 by bringing the post office into it.

 

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Well the link belt quality isn't what it used to be. 8 years ago they were made in eastern Europe, now I'm guessing China and there are ample complaints about the quality and stretching. Sure enough both stretched already and one about twice as much.

So I have gone back to cogged belts. Took a chance on ordering BESTORQ brand, made in the USA. Kind of impressed with these. Very flexible and no kinks or bends molded in. Installed them and they are quiet and running nicely.