... I finally got around to creating the first installment of the mini- mill pages - similar to mini-lathe.com http://www.mini-lathe.com/mini_mill/index.htm...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 7, 2001 2:31 am
Hi Dave: I have been so incredibly busy with classes that I have been unable to even visit the minimill site. I went and looked at what is up there and I must...
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Ed Abel
eabel78050@...
May 7, 2001 8:18 pm
Hi! Does anyone have a suggestion for a book, magazine, website which provides BASIC lathe and milling projects? I already subscribe to The Homeshop...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 8, 2001 4:17 pm
Hi Ed: Definitely Using the Small Lathe by L.C. Mason. Barry ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the...
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mschmalenberg@...
May 14, 2001 10:48 pm
Hello Barry I am new to this group I will be picking my mill up tomorrow. Did you change your spindle and if so who did you contact and how. Thank you Mike...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 15, 2001 1:36 pm
Hello Mike: I did not change the spindle. I found reasonable priced collets from one of the fellows on the minilathe group and so there was little point in ...
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jtec@...
May 15, 2001 4:12 pm
... Finding more collets is a hassle. Is this a commercial source, do you have a URL?...
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rralbers@...
May 15, 2001 6:16 pm
... Grizley has collets, for both 12mm and 3/8" drawbar. Also try Victor Machinery, url: http://www.victornet.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/cgi-bin/product.pl?U+scs...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 16, 2001 11:07 am
For collets, clamp kits and lots of usable information all specifically for the minimill and minilathe, check out...
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tonyaprice@...
May 17, 2001 12:57 am
I placed my order for the Harbor Freight 44991 Mini-Mill on 4-1-01 because I really wanted the R-8 spindle taper. However, I am becoming very frustrated with...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 17, 2001 6:46 am
Hiya Tony: You will find that in addition to realistic delivery dates, Grizzly has excellent customer service. I had a bearing problem. The dust covers on the...
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jtec@...
May 17, 2001 7:20 am
... IMO, an R8 spindle on these small, moderately powered mills is unnecessary. The main benefit of the R8 collet is less slippage under severe load, but that...
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tonyaprice@...
May 18, 2001 4:39 pm
Hello Group, Well, I just contacted Harbor Freight and the ship date for the 44991 Min-Mill has again been moved out. HF now shows a proposed ship date of...
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Robert Sigler
rsigler@...
May 19, 2001 8:56 pm
Agreed. I have had the exact same set of experienced from Harbor Freight as you describe. In recent months I have attempted to order 7 separate items. All...
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jtec@...
May 23, 2001 2:35 pm
What vise is commonly used in the mini mill? I've seen some small scale units labeled 'machine vise' that might fit the table, but they don't seem to lock-up...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 23, 2001 11:28 pm
Howdy: I bought a tilting vise from Grizzly when I bought my mini-mill. I have not used it yet, but for $30 it was an absolute steal. I will use it for that...
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jtec@...
May 24, 2001 12:14 am
... Which model, Barry, the ones I've seen appear too large for the table....
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rsigler@...
May 24, 2001 11:39 pm
I use a 3" vise from Enco - part number 428-9127. It cost $59.99. It seems to be the perfect size from my perspective. It doesn't have a swivel base but it...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
May 25, 2001 1:26 pm
Hello. The tilting vise I bought from Grizzly is the $25 G8194. Yes, it is a little tall for the minimill, but as I said, I only use it for that odd job to...
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afogassa@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:53 pm
... They ... - ... need ... Barry, I've a grizzly minimill retrofited to cnc and I realy like the idea of using R8.Would you post the link to Seig...
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Chris Wood
chrisw@...
Jun 4, 2001 8:48 pm
There are a lot more parts than the spindle and bearings to change. We are working on creating a kit to change Grizzly mini mills to R8 spindles. Check our...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
Jun 4, 2001 10:59 pm
Hello Fogassa: Sorry it took so long to answer, I was on vacation. I have changed operating systems and lost my favorites list. I cannot at this time find the...
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rralbers@...
Jun 5, 2001 9:15 pm
... Try http://www.siegind.com/metal1.htm RA...
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doggone37303@...
Jun 17, 2001 2:38 am
not finding any new post sence june 5...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
Jun 17, 2001 4:51 pm
I am here. just busy with school. I will post again soon. Barry Young ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest...
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rickdog101@...
Jun 18, 2001 5:11 pm
... Barry, after a fairly exhaustive search of several book sellers, the only books I can fine by L.C. Mason are, Building a Small Lathe, and a couple of books...
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Barry Young
barryjyoung@...
Jun 19, 2001 12:57 am
Hi Rick: I have both Using the Small Lathe and Building a Small Lathe by LC Mason. I have one scanned but while I was building the lathe (Half done now) I used...
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Joe Schulte
JSchulte38@...
Jun 21, 2001 5:37 pm
Check out the $ 19.99 acessory Harbor Freight has # 41879-OVGA that converts an MT-3 Spindle to an R-8 arbor. If anyone is using it and can provide some feed...
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Joe Schulte
JSchulte38@...
Jun 21, 2001 7:49 pm
... Schulte I Goofed !!! the Harbor Freight Part # 41879-OVGA converts an R-8 to a MT-3 just the reverse of what I wanted. Sorry for the bum information. Joe...
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rickdog101@...
Jun 22, 2001 5:23 am
After going to some rather extensive measures in order to bring the backlash of my Grizzly minimill into what I would consider sensible measure, I have gotten...
