My Grizzly GO765

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So i got my first metal lathe in the mail the past Monday...shipped fast. thought some would like to see what they get if they are looking at this lathe

Came double boxed with the inner box surrounded by blue insulation.

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View of inside of box
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Some movement in shipping but no apparent damage
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Despite being double boxed and with no apparent damage to either box there was a little damage to the chip pan. I emailed Grizzly Tues night and had a call within 24 hours and they are shipping me a new pan. i just need to send a picture. it's minor but i keep my tools forever and like to keep them in good shape.

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I also paid for lift gate service due to occasional back issues. The truck driver pretty much just handed me the box...I mentioned this in my email to Grizzly service and they said that was their mistake. the didn't make a not to the shipping company. So needless to say Grizzly was more than willing to refund my money for the service not used.

It came with a light coat of rust prohibitor and after a couple hours of dis-assembly and cleaning with WD40 she was good to go. I will say it came with all the gibs well adjusted and no slop in any of the components. Probably could have just started turning parts.

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Here's the part that come with the lathe
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Few additional comments:
-The manual is really nice (1/4" thick) and explains the break in and operation of the lathe well.
-There was garbage in the tool post lock down knob. I had to run a thread chaser down the hole to free it up.
-The power feed direction knob is slightly off. Neutral isn't really neutral but I'm going to play with that a little.

I don't have a live center or center drills so I couldn't do much but I did run a couple of passes on a short aluminum bar and it seems to cut/face really nice when compared to the HF machine I borrowed from a friend.

Grizzly customer service has been great so far...lady even asked if I hurt my back or not. 8)

More updates to come after my live center comes tomorrow....if people are interested
 
you know, I'm really rather impressed by the look of that lathe. I didn't realise you could get a mini-lathe with a reversible leadscrew (so you can thread out from a bore with the threading tool upside down) and cam lock tailstock. Is the hi-lo range a true back gear? The swing to bed length also looks in good proportion too.

It'll be interesting to see how you get on with it and your impressions after you've used it some.
 
I'm not sure what you mean by true back gear?

The cam lock tail stock is pretty nice. I'm going to put a longer lever on it cause the access is a little auckward.

The box is labled 7x16 which is funny. I think if I got a normal bolt-style locking tailstock, it would turn a 16" part.
 
Congrats on the lathe!

It's kinda stupid really, but many who knock these little lathes have never worked on one. :dunno:

I had the Micro Mark 7x16 which is basically the same machine without the two speed head and did some rather impressive (if I say so myself)work on the little guy. You do have to get a little creative sometimes on larger parts, but I enjoyed the challenge. Have fun with that thing. :))
 
Congrats! The 7x lathes are very capable especially for their size. If they weren't they wouldn't be so popular & wouldn't have been around for so long. There are so many mods out there for mini lathes & some of the most creative lathe mods & created by mini lathe users.

Even though I have a 12x36 now, I still think about getting a 7x10 lathe so I can have a mobile lathe that I can take somewhere to use if needed.
 
Not sure if it's the right term or not, but a change in spindle speed by changing the gearing between the motor and spindle, rather than changing the motor speed. A lot of older lathes do this by using the spindle pulley to turn a counter shaft which then turns the spindle. Lowers speed but increases torque.

What's the lowest spindle speed on your lathe?
 
Not sure if it's the right term or not, but a change in spindle speed by changing the gearing between the motor and spindle, rather than changing the motor speed. A lot of older lathes do this by using the spindle pulley to turn a counter shaft which then turns the spindle. Lowers speed but increases torque.

What's the lowest spindle speed on your lathe?

The Seig mini lathes have a two speed gear box in the head. No counter shaft or belts to mess with. The lowest speed on my old mini lathe was somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 rpm, but the torque at that speed is lacking and the controller tended to hunt a little. It really isn't meant to turn large diameter stuff any way.
 
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