Recent content by Shawnson

I have not adjusted anything yet. That was just what I measured out the gate. I do intend to adjust the bearing. My indicator setup was probably less than ideal as well. I need to sit down and take some time to check it a little better later.

It's alive! It powers on and runs fine. I only ran it for about a minute because I have not changed the fluids yet. All of the power feeds run in all directions as well. The motor may still fail in the future or even the near future but I can deal with that if and when it happens. I think if...

Got a lot put back together after cleaning and rust removal. Evaporust worked really well. The ways cleaned up very nice. The Evaporust did leave some black discoloration in spots but the surface is smooth as glass. I replaced all the melted front switches but one of them is wired very different...

As long as he doesn't try to give me a free boat I think I will be okay.

As for the whipping, this machine came with a cat-head for the supporting barrels out the backside. I will still be careful when running excessive stickout. As for accessories, it came with a 3 jaw, 4 jaw and a live center for the tailstock. The live center is questionable as to its...

I have wanted a lathe forever. Never had enough of a need to buy what I really wanted so I have always put it off. This weekend I scored myself an awesome project. The guy wanted to give it to me for free but I threw him 100 bucks. Basically paid...

Update. So the same gentleman has offered to give me two, yes that's right, two of his CNC converted mills. Both of them are about the same level of crispy (not bad) and both will require about as much work as the lathe. One is a Central Machine 44991 and the other is an Industrial Hobbies...

Making some progress. I have a bunch of parts soaking in Evaporust right now. Ordered some parts from Grizzly that should be here Tuesday. I won't try running it for the first time untill those parts arrive. I am going to run power tomorrow so that it is ready.

Now this is a project I can get behind.

Lol, totally kidding bro. I plan on making a good amount of chips before I take a crack at a 400 dollar blank.

I am tossing around the idea of building a concrete stand with a granite top for it.

Over the weekend I was looking through the manual and searching Grizzley's replacement parts catalog. I am rather impressed with their availability of parts for these machines. Every single replacement part I had Identified as being needed so far is in stock in the US. Thanks for all the info...

PM sent. Thanks.

I was kinda kidding about the barrel blank lol. I was actually planning on doing exactly what you suggested. Spindle bore is 1.550. Tail stock is in fact a MT3. I will gladly take you up on that offer. Never realized how expensive tooling was.

I was thinking about buying a Bartlein barrel blank and a chamber reamer as a first project. What could go wrong, right? If I buy a 30" blank I could probably fuck it up 3-4 times and still be okay. It would make for an entertaining thread at last.