g0704

Hi All, I am looking into fitting some sort of actuator to my mill gib locks as part of a partial automation project that I’m undertaking. The mill is a craftex cx601, essentially a grizzly g0704, and it has the standard two plastic handles to screw in two set screws per gib. I had looked at...

I have a converted G0704 mill using grade c7 ballscrews with double nuts. I have matched AC bearings and oldham couplers on the x and y axis. Prior to installing the screws I straightened them with a setup on my bridgeport table. Afterwards I turned the bearing ends and threads in one operation...

Hi All, I am new to this site. I have a Craftex CT129 (pretty much identical to the G0704 machines). I am very much still learning. I have a question about what others may have been experiencing in terms of table accuracy. I put a 0.01mm accuracy dial indicator on (I have done from the spindle...

Just got my new G0759 (the G0704 w/ DRO) in yesterday. I started breaking it down for ease of cleaning and re-distribute the weight into manageable size parts for moving. Got the head off fine. In the process of removing the table by removing all of the stuff on the right hand side. The last...

I made this counterweight a while ago and sent a few pictures of it to a local friend recently and thought I would post them here for anyone thinking about something similar. According to my friend who converted his 759 to CNC the head weighs in at about 65lbs, so my counterweight is an old...

Got this in Friday. Now to clean it up, and then learn about setting it up so I can use it. Looking forward to learning about it on this site!

Link to the manual for the PM-25MV Milling Machine can be found here. Mod Edit: fixed link

Good morning all. I removed the table and head of my recently-acquired G0704 so I could lift the base and column onto the cabinet. With the head removed I could see a strange piece of metal floating in the circular groove cut for the three head-positioning bolts. (See attached photo) It looks...