Jet 1236PS missing parts. Need some suggestions!

[kyleaudio]

Hi Guys,

Last weekend I picked up a Jet 1236PS for $120! It's in great condition, the spindle is tight with almost no measurable play on the dial indicator, the ways don't appear to have any damage or wear and everything works fine. It doesn't have a chuck or any back plates, but no big deal, it's a later version after they change the spindle thread to 2-1/4" x 8tpi (the earlier builds were 60mm x 8tip).

The problem is that it's missing the cross slide and everything that bolts to it... Somewhat hard to use without that...

I've contacted Jet and they don't have any parts for this lathe anymore. It appears to be the same as the Grizzly G9249, but the cross slide is no longer available. I can get the complete compound rest though.

Would it make sense to just buy the compound rest from Grizzly and then machine a cross slide from scratch? Unfortunately I don't have a milling machine yet, so I'd need some help.

What would you guys suggest?

 

[kyleaudio]

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[sdunt]

I would setup a 'followed' search on eBay for BOTH of those model numbers and just see what comes up.. THe parts may show up. People are figureing out that shipping large equipment is too costly and that they can make MORE $$ parting the things out. There are a couple of sellers that I watch and they are parting out old Craftsman - atlas lathes all of the time.

If you were closer to Illinois, you could come and use my mill.. Especially if you bought the angled dovetail cutter needed to make the cross slide and left me the tooling afterwards. You might troll local hobby groups or put something on Craigs list; "Looking for fellow machinist. I have the cutter and stock, might you have a milling machine..."

I also wonder what your options might be in bolting up or welding up the cross slide piece, at least to get started. So you could mill a better fitting cross slide on the lathe. a metal angle plate and the compound slide part might get you to where you can mill on that lathe.

Best shot IMO is to find a buddy with a mill. I wonder how much a local machine shop would change to mill the basic V shape on a cross slide part.

 

[sdunt]

another option that came to mind after I posted that reply, is an online machine shop. There are at least three websites where you can upload a cad file of your part, some provide the software and they will CNC the part and ship it to you:

http://www.emachineshop.com/
http://www.internetmachineshop.com/
http://www.onlinemachinist.com/

 

[kyleaudio]

Hi Sdunt, thanks for the reply. After looking around on the Grizzly website, it looks like the G4003 lathe is very similar. I'll start a thread over in the Grizzly forum and see if anyone who owns one can take a few measurements of the dovetail to compare to my lathe. Even if it's close and needs some modification, it'll be easier then starting fresh.

 

[markknx]

Try E bay and criags list. also there are some sites for buying old machines ask on them. They may have a machinethat is not sellablebut has thepartsyou need.

 

[john11139]

If you cant find parts for it and decide to sell it, let me know.

 

[AR1911]

I have a G9249 which is probably even closer than the G4003. Before this I had a Jet 1024 from the 1980s, and this Grizzly (2007) is almost the same machine.
I'd be happy to measure mine if it would help.
Email me from my profile if interested. I'll be at the shop Monday.

 

[kyleaudio]

Well, I just bought the cross slide from a Grizzly G1003. Hopefully it'll fit okay! Thanks for the suggestion sdunt and markknx, ebay may have done the trick.

Unfortunately he had already sold the compound rest assembly. AR1911, I may need some measurements in the future, since Grizzly has a complete compound rest assembly for the G9249, some measurements there will come in handy.

John11139, I don't think that I'll be selling this, but if I change my mind, I'll let you know.

Thanks,
Kyle

 

[kyleaudio]

Hi Guys,

The G1003 cross slide finally came today! It's close, but not quite there... The dovetail is about .10" too wide and about .080" too shallow.





I think that if I can get some .083" thick steel, drill/tap and screw that to the bottom of the cross slide as a shim and shim one side of the dovetail, with some scraping it should work okay. :thinking: What do you guys think?

I still don't have a nut or compound rest, but I'm getting closer.