On Wednesday 25 December 2019 12:58:26 John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Gene, > > > At least it has SOME even if poorly done, John My Grizzly G0704 has > > zilch, nada, none. I've been in the Grizzly showroom several times, > > and unless the quality bigger stuff has a one shot, I've seen zero > > evidence of oilers, no flip cap cups, nada on any of them. > > They no longer make the G3616 > https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=(G3616) > but this is the closest > https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-9-x-39-2-HP-Horizontal-Vertic >al-Mill-with-Power-Feed/G0757 > > My table is shorter and I don't have the Horizontal Mill option and > the spindle is only 2HP instead of 3HP. Otherwise I can't see much > difference. The quality control is slightly worse than mine as the > photo shows the end plate (pinned with tapered pins) isn't straight. > Mine isn't either but not as far off as this one. > > One has to wonder if the lead screw is even parallel to the table with > that level of sloppy fitting. It wold be easy enough to jig something > to maintain the surface parallel and the holes. > > With CNC I don't know if a pivoting table and horizontal mill feature > is needed anymore. Perhaps someone with more CNC experience can chime > in here. With full CNC is a pivoting table like the one this mill has > redundant? > > Thanks > John
ISWYM This one's major flaws would likely be fixed by carefull reassembly as the cnc stuff was being installed. The rotating table makes gear cutting a bit easier but its a wash once cnc'd. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
