On 04/26/2013 06:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Is anyone using http://www.grizzly.com/products/Combo-Lathe-Mill/G9729 or > http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=328-1310&PMPXNO=25221739&PARTPG=INLMK3 > They appear to be the same machine except the enco is higher priced > How is the quality and company support > > Richard >
G0516 Combo Lathe w/ Milling Attachment (hobby) user here. Nice picture but way different from seeing it close. The whole thing is as sloppy as 8" floppy disk. Mechanism for moving cutting tool is not smooth and noticeably different when used in one direction or the other. My first delivery was in upside down and partially broken crate, with damaged lathe that I had to reject on the spot. They sent me another one (?) weeks later. That one broke down few weeks later. Sleeve bearing for the threaded rod seized which caused brittle gears to literally grind to stop. The stiff coupling between the threaded rod and connection rod with a gear has a small angle which of course puts huge load on the sleeve bearing to seize. They sent me replacement gears and sleeve bearings but that not better. When I turned the gears manually I realized that the connection rod and the threaded rod are not in one line! I'm sure it would break if I ever use it again. The gears are made of cast iron not steel! With exception of motors, there are no ball bearings in lathe so you start hearing squeaking noise after months of little or no use. Need to take the gears apart to lube the damn thing. Remember, I'm a hobby, not a machinist user and it still broke down with so little use. What happens when you want to use it more seriously? Another unfortunate thing is that it's not metric. They could not provide simple metric conversion kit either. Conclusion: piece of crap from China, unsuitable for precision work, if you ask me. I've seen the same thing in blue color sold in Europe. Stay away from it. I would never buy it again. Should have saved $$ and buy a US (is there such a thing?) or German made Proxxon. Combo also has a drawback, there is little space between the lathe headstock and milling area. They are too close to each other for many things in my experience. -- Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
