My New Grizzly G0678 Knee Mill

Thanks for the info on the green shield/powerfeed. How do you remove it? Cut it off?

Found out last night that the rear panel of the green shield just slides out so you can Just remove the rest by pulling out the front. Powerfeed only interferes about 1.5" from bottom limit of Z. Once I'm finished installing DRO believe I will block movement below that mark and re-install shield.
 
Just got one of these myself! Nice Mill, looking forward to see how your DRO install goes on this!

Here's some pics:


Been a bit of a challenge as there is about a 2 degree slope on side of the mill. Using sine bar and a little trig think I've just about got it. I'm installing the EL-400 3 Axis from DROPRO.
 
Wouldn't take much to make a brake on the top , an up right piece strong enough to mount a band around the top of that pulley . Pop rivet a couple brake shoes to it. Then hook either a lever or a cable bike lever remote mount. Yupp new tool invention to add on , here ya go
 
I would hate to accidentally leave a wrench on the top of the spindle and turn the mill on.
 
Just got one of these myself! Nice Mill, looking forward to see how your DRO install goes on this!

Welcome to the club! Information was a little sparse on these mills in this forum, but it's filling-in nicely.

It's going to be awhile until I install a DRO on my mill, but it looks like Wally is doing some nice work on his installation. It's always interesting to see how different people approach the same problem.

Wouldn't take much to make a brake on the top , an up right piece strong enough to mount a band around the top of that pulley . Pop rivet a couple brake shoes to it. Then hook either a lever or a cable bike lever remote mount. Yupp new tool invention to add on , here ya go

Another way to do it is drill 4 holes in the flat piece above the pulley and use a a spring-loaded pin attached to a upright piece that when released will enter a hole and stop the pulley. Doubleboost on Youtube has something like this on his mill. The advantage of this setup is that it's completely hands-free when engaged. The disadvantage is that you have to remove to pull the pin out when you are done. :)
 
Looking Good!!! Mine is sitting on the bench I'm still in the planning process....

Thanks for the Pics wally...
 
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That is way too clean. It definitely needs to be used. Enjoy
Randy
 
Don't need a brake on the spindle. Look at the bottom of spindle. 2 flats 40mm apart. I bought a 40mm spanner from Amazon for about $10. Little tight so tok a light file cut on each side of the spanner. Works great!
 
Here's some pics:


Been a bit of a challenge as there is about a 2 degree slope on side of the mill. Using sine bar and a little trig think I've just about got it. I'm installing the EL-400 3 Axis from DROPRO.

Apparently I'm so new so I dont have permission to view media, let me post a little more and see if it populates :chunky:

Welcome to the club! Information was a little sparse on these mills in this forum, but it's filling-in nicely.

It's going to be awhile until I install a DRO on my mill, but it looks like Wally is doing some nice work on his installation. It's always interesting to see how different people approach the same problem.


:)

Thanks! It's definitely a nice Taiwanese Mill, I'm in the setup phase right now, just got leveling mounts for it and then I want to tackle the DRO sooner than later. I have one, just a little intimidated by the install.

When
researching, I didn't find a ton of information on this mill, but everything I found was positive and apparently somewhere there is a strong following for this guy. Haven't found it yet. :chagrin:
 
After putzing around for 5 days succeeded in getting Z axis installed on the knee. Had some paint come off. Guess I'll call Grizzly for some touch up paint.

Zaxis 5.jpg Zaxis 6.jpg
 
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