Re: Grizzly 7x14 owner
The south been looks great Sold mine little over a year ago. If need a tapper attchemt or steady rest let me know. Dave
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davesmith1800
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Nitro
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Like power feed motor. Does the gear on motor go to feed gear? Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Grizzly 7x14 owner
very nice!
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piper184
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Should look great Like to see to the finish ceiling fan Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Grizzly 7x14 owner
I love refurbishing older machinery. My South Bend 10K was salvaged from a fire.
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Nitro
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Nitro
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I have 3 daw size. They saw I use shop same high sawhorse and doing welding machines work or welding . They did lot cutting I had bigger sad but the little portable was very handy. I have same? saw
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davesmith1800
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My horizontal bandsaw is a Jet that will handle 10 x 18 inch stock, a bit big for what I do, but the price was right. When I got it home, I went thru the entire machine and replaced all of the
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Nitro
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I run VFDs and love them. My Logan has one on it and it is outfitted with a glass scaled DRO. No sense in having variable speed if you can't tell how fast it is, so there is a flying magnet hall
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Nitro
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I wanted to make a ceiling fan out of a prop, but never got around to it.
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Jerry Durand
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Presently no, but my dad still is. I trust you know what a Pitts Special is? We now own the Big Hickey Curtis built for himself to travel between Pa. and his factory in Florida. Curtis never finished
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Nitro
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There's a definite advantage to machines that were designed to work in less than ideal conditions.? When we moved here everyone expected us to buy a BMW or Toyota but we bought a Lada 4x4 SUV.? Our
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Jerry Durand
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The DC3 was great aircraft. Built for what we call bad runways today. I do not know of a replacement today Dave
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davesmith1800
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It has been a long time since I Hurd the name Taylorcraft. Are you member of the EAA . My father was member and we had meet in our shop for 10 years. Dave
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davesmith1800
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For a consumer lathe, plastic is probably fine. I never changed the gears in mine and didn't have a problem. Metal is a lot nosier, not good for consumers putting these in a spare bedroom with the
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Jerry Durand
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Hard to see plastic gears on any lathe I forgot part to watch out for. As it is the gears I have on my lathe are power metal gears. The spindle bearing very a lot some are class 1 all the way to class
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davesmith1800
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Here's the other mods I did to the Grizzly before I moved. Gear and leadscrew covers, wider stance on the feet.
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Jerry Durand
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I guess I should clarify the stuff about the shop in Brownsville Pa. USA. That is an oldschool lineshaft shop I run out at our Steam Gas and Horse Association showgrounds. I am deeply involved in the
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Nitro
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In all, I was kind of disappointed with the machine because it would have likely ruined a first timer's experience with it since it required some attention from square one. My original intention with
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Nitro
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