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Pretty simple modification to remove the manual hand wheel and fit a stepper motor. The stepper motor is manually controlled by a pulse generator with speed dial, off/on and forward/reverse. From what ive seen the conventional way of motorising drive is by motorising the applicable leadscrew but...

Thanks everyone. Yeh there are 4 of them. Nearest thng i could think of was like a hydraulic dozing jig for pulling damaged cars back into shape. Thanks again.

Approx 5ft long , all metal , very heavy , with vice one one end. Anyone know what it is and what its for. Thanks.

Glad you escaped without serious injury. I recal watching the film The Machinist put the willies up me. The potential for serious accidents is always there and theres no guarantee against human error , best have a few emergency stop switches scattered around just in case.

Interesting thread and thanks for posting . My impression is that it seems like there are manafacturing issues traceable to Taiwan but overall Grizzly seem to have responded pretty well in terms of customer support , especially considering its a heavily discounted relatively low budget lathe. 2...

Nice lathe thanks for the pic. For what they cost to buy these days you get a lot of lathe for your money. I paid £100 for mine and everything considered am glad it works as well as it does. Everything polishes up ok with a bit of fine paper. The turning speed noticeably drops under load on...

Thanks for the feedback DJP. Good to know that i can stop obsessing over the lack of perfect finish. Dont tell anyone but when it comes to parting off i just go through it using a hacksaw and then face off. Ive put up oil protection to catch the most part of the splatter , the new white paint...

Bought a Blomquist (southbend clone) lathe on ebay last year. before and after. Its my first big lathe and seems to work tolerably well but i dont get a glassy finish turning 303 stainless more like either a very fine matt finish or a shiny mottled finish. I wonder is thats as good as i can...

Rudy well a week down the line and it seems stable. One thing i did notice was that my x axis trammel varied on the lhs depending on if the spindle head was tightened or not indicating the carriage was fitted loose enough for it to move on tightening. I tightened up the carriage adjusters...

Very interested to read the link to how you solved the problem of column flex in your mini mill rudy. Seems we both had the same problem ; forward tilt due to top frontside weight on slightly flexible column. You opted to strengthen the column while i opted to counterbalance the topheavy weight...

Thanks Rudy. Your method got the spindle head lined up with the column. Trammeling the mill revealed that the column/spindle was not in perpendicular alignment to the table/base. It was discernably tilting forward - presumably a natural consequence of the front heavy spindle head weight on the...

Thanks for posting this rudy. Very helpfull. One thing that i would add is to check the adjustment of the column/carriage assy for correct fit - mine had discernable movement that interfered with reliable measurement and adjustment of the spindle. Simple adjustment of the 4 adjusting screws...