Has anybody tried to open the hole in the stock 3 jaw that comes with the 7x12 Grizzly? It would be nice to have a hole the same size as the hole thru the...
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Rick Kruger
krugerr@...
Nov 1, 2000 2:42 pm
True, it would and that is why many have gone to 4" chucks. There isn't enough material to remove enough on the stock 3-jaw to get where you want. Rick K. ...
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DragonPit
dragonpit@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:47 pm
Slowing getting it put together for those that were interested here's the curcuit i use to drive unipolar motors. ...
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Robert Hood
delphi7x10@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:29 pm
Henry, Thanks for the update. How do you control the stepper motor driver board? I take it you use a PC, but does it need another board for the interface, or...
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G Miller
gdm@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:51 pm
Hey Guys, I was looking on the Harbor tools site. I found these Toolsets- finally - but, while the first one is, by description, the first set I'd purchase, I...
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G Miller
gdm@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:35 pm
I want to thank everyone for their advice. A few were asking for images to see what it was I was talking about... Well, I did shoot some and I have them ready...
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chuknospam@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:36 pm
If there is was anything to gripe about it's the quality of the v-groove on the underside of the carriage & tailstock. Both the Griz & the 39916 HF are not...
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Robert Streimikes
rjs@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:38 pm
... From: "G Miller" ... All the HF retail stores are listed on the HF web site so look there to see if there is one close enough to you to do you some good. ...
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G Miller
gdm@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:45 pm
Hi all. Well, if this works I will have learned something! There are four images attached here. Pics 1 and 2 show how I stacked the two tools to make my first...
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Joel Corwith
corwithj@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:51 pm
... Monica, ... I came across 2 HF while in Anahiem, CA. One on Harbor (Garden Grove) and another near a camera store I was trying to go to (out of business)....
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Yury Brodsky
ybrodsky@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:54 pm
Glen, I read all your messages and it looks like you didn't identify yet what toolbit size your lathe needs. More likely it will be 5/16 in, but it could be...
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Robert Streimikes
rjs@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:13 pm
... From: "G Miller" <gdm@...> To: <7x10minilathe@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: [7x10minilathe] More New 7x10 user-...
14692
dragonpit@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:21 pm
Plugs into the LPT port I've blown a few lpt cards but no pc's I would not run it from a built in port. It takes step and direction 2 lines from the port for...
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Jim Warren
satsurplus@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:43 pm
Howdy, Well I did it, I successfully converted my HF 10x7 to 2 axis stepper control, But I need Help! Ok, Now I got it done, tested, timed, Proven, However, Im...
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Mert Baker
MertBaker@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:54 pm
Glen, those look like toolbits to me, they're just not ground to the proper shape. Check out Frank Hoose's entries on the egroups 7x10minilathe web page....
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John D. Guenther
jguenther@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:56 pm
Hi Jim, Pictures, we need Pictures!! Seriously, how did you mount the cross slide stepper motor? I have been thinking of doing this myself as soon as I get my...
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Mert Baker
MertBaker@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:59 pm
Your message that begins " If this works I will ahve learned something" works. You have evidently learne something! I myself learned this very same thing...
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Ben Robbins
BENEJAMMIN@...
Nov 1, 2000 10:44 pm
is the v notch in the tailstock supposed to keep it perfectly aligned or is there gonna be play in there? when i try to center drill the end of a piece of...
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Jim E.
jim0000@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:24 pm
I think you've figured it out. Many of us have specified in the egroups option menu that we want the postings sent to our e-mail accounts. We...
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Jim E.
jim0000@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:29 pm
Boy, you're just full of questions, aren't you. For one, return the tool holder and use the one that came with the lathe until you're used to the process of...
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Jim E.
jim0000@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:30 pm
James: Please, it's Lakewood, not Long Beach. (That hurt). Graciously, Jim Beat failure! Don't learn!...
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Robert Streimikes
rjs@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:36 pm
... From: "Ben Robbins" ... The casting should be solidly aligned with the bed/ways ... The tailstock spindle will wiggle some when the tailstock lock (that...
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Dave Kowalczyk
dkowalcz@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:03 am
Jim, Here's more info on everything concerning homegrown CNC; http://www.egroups.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO Some two axis software that I developed for this...
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Jim Shaffer
shafwood@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:23 am
Have you measured and determined the runout of the 3-jaw chuck that came with the lathe? If you are using a drill chuck on a #2 MT arbor, which still has the...
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Ben Robbins
BENEJAMMIN@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:10 am
i hacksawed the tang off of the mt2 arbor which the drill chuck is attached to, all seems okay there. i get what you are saying about the lock on the tailstock...
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Peter VanDerWal
peter_v@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:14 am
These are more like tool blanks. They don't have a cutting edge ground into them yet. Don't dispare, you can grind it yourself with a grinder, in fact sooner...
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tadici283@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:17 am
In a message dated 11/1/2000 6:10:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, BENEJAMMIN@... writes: << it seems like the v notch in the tailstock is to big for the ways....
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Dan Dowell
dandowell@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:44 am
also, wholesale tool is good...
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Tony
tonyrita@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:19 am
Today I was trimming down a piece of cast iron pipe to use as a flywheel and noticed a fine powder "hanging" in the air. It obviously was coming from the...
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bob yaworski
yawor@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:23 am
Belt runs to the inside and scrubs of the edge. Any tips on fixing this? Bob...
