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Doesn't seem to be that many people who have bought these machines. Maybe that's some handwriting on the wall that I should have read somewhere. I bought my Grizz G9729 beginning of last summer and have only been able to do anything with it in the last 30 days. The heat, here in Florida, just kept me out of the shop. Anyway after a "lot" of modding and repairs I have it online to make some chips. My biggest problem was the pivot gear was squeezing the rack gear. I had to do some shimming of the cross-slide gear box to make it usable.
Now after rambling, has anyone made a reverse tumbler for their lathe? These lathes have been around for long time and only thing I see is DC motor drive mods attached to the lead screw. I would prefer a mechanical idler gear to enable reversing the lead screw. Anyone know? I do have a treadmill torn down, and ready to do mod, but have but have been reluctant.
Now after rambling, has anyone made a reverse tumbler for their lathe? These lathes have been around for long time and only thing I see is DC motor drive mods attached to the lead screw. I would prefer a mechanical idler gear to enable reversing the lead screw. Anyone know? I do have a treadmill torn down, and ready to do mod, but have but have been reluctant.