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<blockquote data-quote="TigTorch" data-source="post: 980693" data-attributes="member: 17432"><p>Hey Superglock, </p><p> Yea, I have one. Mine is over 15 years old and was sold as a Grizzly Industrial brand model #G1006. Paid $950 for it then "scratch and dent" at Grizzly. You can't beat it for the money. I run the wheels off mine; its the only mill I have and I've made a lot of parts with it. </p><p> </p><p>They are heavy and rigid and thats more important than anything else. A good machinist can compensate for about any flaw in a machine tool, but if you have flex and chatter becaue your machine has no mass to it your done. Also, you'd have to crash it <u>very</u> hard to break a casting (I never have).</p><p> </p><p>I tinkered with mine a fair ammount after I got it to shim out the backlash and true up the center column; its worth your time to do that. With patience, I've been able to work down to tenth's (.0001) with mine when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The only thing that a little poor is the down feed: accuracy is a little difficult. But you can work around it, just a little extra time and sweat.</p><p> </p><p>I have several grizzly tools including a well used engine lathe. The quality controll of these import tools is not too good in that the quality can vary a lot. Look over the castings for cold lap "nit" lines that indicate weak points, cracks and factory weld repairs. If all looks good you have a good machine.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know if you know about Grizzly. They are a huge world world wide distributor for import tools. They have two distribution centers in the USA, one of them happens to be in Bellingham. They have a big show room there and you can buy direct without shipping. It's worth a sick day to drive up there and snoop around: you'll be sportin' wood. </p><p> Grizzly also has very good part support. I crashed my rotary table and they had a replacemant ring gear waiting for me as soon as I could get up there. As you can tell I'm pretty happy with the outfit.</p><p> </p><p>That said its still no Bridgeport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TigTorch, post: 980693, member: 17432"] Hey Superglock, Yea, I have one. Mine is over 15 years old and was sold as a Grizzly Industrial brand model #G1006. Paid $950 for it then "scratch and dent" at Grizzly. You can't beat it for the money. I run the wheels off mine; its the only mill I have and I've made a lot of parts with it. They are heavy and rigid and thats more important than anything else. A good machinist can compensate for about any flaw in a machine tool, but if you have flex and chatter becaue your machine has no mass to it your done. Also, you'd have to crash it [U]very[/U] hard to break a casting (I never have). I tinkered with mine a fair ammount after I got it to shim out the backlash and true up the center column; its worth your time to do that. With patience, I've been able to work down to tenth's (.0001) with mine when necessary. The only thing that a little poor is the down feed: accuracy is a little difficult. But you can work around it, just a little extra time and sweat. I have several grizzly tools including a well used engine lathe. The quality controll of these import tools is not too good in that the quality can vary a lot. Look over the castings for cold lap "nit" lines that indicate weak points, cracks and factory weld repairs. If all looks good you have a good machine. I don't know if you know about Grizzly. They are a huge world world wide distributor for import tools. They have two distribution centers in the USA, one of them happens to be in Bellingham. They have a big show room there and you can buy direct without shipping. It's worth a sick day to drive up there and snoop around: you'll be sportin' wood. Grizzly also has very good part support. I crashed my rotary table and they had a replacemant ring gear waiting for me as soon as I could get up there. As you can tell I'm pretty happy with the outfit. That said its still no Bridgeport. [/QUOTE]
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