Well, I finally decided on the B20 size mill. I will place an order this week to take advantage of the Grizzly 10 percent off sale. The plan would be to purchase a manual mill, either the 0704 or 0759, and machine the conversion parts per Hoss Machine Phase II. Based on the photos, manuals and parts lists, the G0759 is identical to the G0704 with the exception of added DRO and DRO scales. The difference in price is $500, but I was hoping that the DRO would help me do a more accurate job of milling the CNC conversion parts. Is this a valid assumption? After I convert to CNC, and begin to use Mach3, I suppose the DRO would become redundant? However, I may be able to sell the DRO and scales to a manual G0704 owner at an attractive price. I could not find any details regarding the DRO on the 0759 mill. I phoned Grizzly tech support. The 0759 mills will not be available until late May at the earliest. The tech could not confirm that the DRO is one of their standard models such as the H6091 ($832.). If you look at the online photo of the 0759 mill, there are a few close-up photos showing the DRO. One photo shows a DRO just like the H6091 but the other photos show something totally different. I would not be surprised if the Chinese engineered a cost reduced DRO for this new machine to keep the price lower. The one photo showing a H6091 type DRO may have been for the prototype photo only.
So, I can either order a G704 mill alone or with the H6091 DRO or order a G0759 mill and wait a couple of months ( and hope that a new desighn DRO has reasonable performance). decisions, decisions
So, I can either order a G704 mill alone or with the H6091 DRO or order a G0759 mill and wait a couple of months ( and hope that a new desighn DRO has reasonable performance). decisions, decisions