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I've acquired 2 more accessories for my Grizzly 14 x 40 Gunsmith lathe and mill/drill. I purchased a Themac Tool Post Grinder off EBay, The price was right so I got it, the other is a Cen-Tech 6" Rotery Table that a friend gave me. I know the tool post grinder is of some quality having checked out the price of a new unit and the rotary table is not so much, being sold by Harbor Freight. My question is, are either of these items worth the trouble to learn how to use them.
 
Simple answer is yes and yes. The more you learn the more you can do which leads to knowing even more things you can do which leads to more things until all your available space is full of useful tools and you start to look for a larger place. This is a horrible disease...........
 
Yes well worth learning to use bouth of those.:aok: But hay if you don't wan't the HF rotary table just send it to me.:laughing:
 
Cactus Farmer said:
Simple answer is yes and yes. The more you learn the more you can do which leads to knowing even more things you can do which leads to more things until all your available space is full of useful tools and you start to look for a larger place. This is a horrible disease...........
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kd4gij said:
Yes well worth learning to use bouth of those.:aok: But hay if you don't wan't the HF rotary table just send it to me.:laughing:
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Thanks guys for the encouragement. I think the rotary table scares me more than the TPG. Do you happen to know of any written material to help learn about the rotary table? All I got with it was the inventory sheet.
 
I've gotten a couple of rotary tables at Little Machine Shop. They came with full instructions on their use.
 
The Themac tool post grinder is one of the finest made. I have been using them for years. If it is in good shape,of course. Run it a half hour before actually using it. This is in the manual. Gets the moving parts properly up to temperature and tolerances.
 
The tool post grinder is great to have, especially the make you have. But a note of caution when using it on your lathe. The grinder will create a lot of sparks/fine particles of metal and this stuff can cause havoc to the moving parts on your lathe. You must carefully protect your lathe from these grinding sparks. Like maybe a vacuum, lay newspaper down over the ways and other parts of the lathe, and?…Good Luck, Dave.
 
Congrats on the new accessories (toys). I didn't know Harbor Freight (Horrible Fright around here) sold rotary tables. A search of their website turned up every other "rotary" tool available, but no table. Is this an older item that they no longer carry?

On the TPG; it's a wonderful tool and useful in many ways. I use my Dumore all the time. But like was mentioned earlier; mask the moving parts of your lathe as best you can. Just watch the sparks. Newspaper easily ignites. And take very, very light passes. I generally only take .002" to .003" per pass with mine, but that's just my practice.
 
Thank you everyone for the tips and tricks. I got the TPG in the mail today and it was as advertised meaning it needed a new power cord which was about 30 min work. There are no belts or wheels with it but I think I've found a source for both. If it works out I'll post on here. The rotary table was purchased by an old gunsmith friend about 20 years ago and has never been used. It's 6" with a dividing plate. I'm looking forward to using both of them.
 
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