Found out last night that the rear panel of the green shield just slides out so you can Just remove the rest by pulling out the front. Powerfeed only interferes about 1.5" from bottom limit of Z. Once I'm finished installing DRO believe I will block movement below that mark and re-install shield.
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My New Grizzly G0678 Knee Mill
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Found out last night that the rear panel of the green shield just slides out so you can Just remove the rest by pulling out the front. Powerfeed only interferes about 1.5" from bottom limit of Z. Once I'm finished installing DRO believe I will block movement below that mark and re-install shield.
Here's some pics:
Been a bit of a challenge as there is about a 2 degree slope on side of the mill. Using sine bar and a little trig think I've just about got it. I'm installing the EL-400 3 Axis from DROPRO.
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Wouldn't take much to make a brake on the top , an up right piece strong enough to mount a band around the top of that pulley . Pop rivet a couple brake shoes to it. Then hook either a lever or a cable bike lever remote mount. Yupp new tool invention to add on , here ya go
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Welcome to the club! Information was a little sparse on these mills in this forum, but it's filling-in nicely.
It's going to be awhile until I install a DRO on my mill, but it looks like Wally is doing some nice work on his installation. It's always interesting to see how different people approach the same problem.
Another way to do it is drill 4 holes in the flat piece above the pulley and use a a spring-loaded pin attached to a upright piece that when released will enter a hole and stop the pulley. Doubleboost on Youtube has something like this on his mill. The advantage of this setup is that it's completely hands-free when engaged. The disadvantage is that you have to remove to pull the pin out when you are done.
Here's some pics:
Been a bit of a challenge as there is about a 2 degree slope on side of the mill. Using sine bar and a little trig think I've just about got it. I'm installing the EL-400 3 Axis from DROPRO.
Apparently I'm so new so I dont have permission to view media, let me post a little more and see if it populates
Welcome to the club! Information was a little sparse on these mills in this forum, but it's filling-in nicely.
It's going to be awhile until I install a DRO on my mill, but it looks like Wally is doing some nice work on his installation. It's always interesting to see how different people approach the same problem.
Thanks! It's definitely a nice Taiwanese Mill, I'm in the setup phase right now, just got leveling mounts for it and then I want to tackle the DRO sooner than later. I have one, just a little intimidated by the install.
When
researching, I didn't find a ton of information on this mill, but everything I found was positive and apparently somewhere there is a strong following for this guy. Haven't found it yet.
