Little Lathe Improvement.

[LX Kid]

I'm waiting for Grizzly Tech Support to get back to me on the 9" faceplate. I could just go ahead and lathe the mount step larger and drill new holes but for the $144 I spent for this sucker I think I want the correct product.

 

[LX Kid]

I sent Grizzly an explanation of the problem with the faceplate, as pictured above, and they said it's the correct faceplate for my G9729 lathe. They said they would do a little further look into it but it should be the correct faceplate. Do you guys see, the obvious, that it can never bolt up to my spindle? "What the heck is wrong with these people?" Guess I should just quit whining and cut it open and tap new holes!

 

[Steve Shannon]

In the parts sheet they list the faceplate, #P9729276 (276 on the diagram) and the backplate #p9729277 (277 on the diagram). Frequently it's a bit of an shop exercise to fit one to the other. It looks to me like the faceplate does not simply bolt to the spindle nose.


Steve Shannon, P.E.

 

[LX Kid]

I needed both items and the backplate, 277, was correct for mounting my 4-jaw chuck. The faceplate is incorrectly identified as fitting the G9729 lathe.

 

[kamn]

View attachment 122928 I'm waiting for Grizzly Tech Support to get back to me on the 9" faceplate. I could just go ahead and lathe the mount step larger and drill new holes but for the $144 I spent for this sucker I think I want the correct product.

So what you are saying is that in the top photo there is an adapter plate for the 6" 4 jaw chuck?? And you are having problems mounting the faceplate.....are you trying to mount the faceplate to the 4 jaw adapter?? If so, how about mounting faceplate directly without adapter plate


Edit; Nevermind, I just went through the last page in this thread and see the problems. Could be that someone miss labelled the faceplate

 

[LX Kid]

 

[LX Kid]

Couple more little improvements! One is a maintenance routine and the other, well you decide. I removed and cleaned my 3-jaw for the first time because it was getting a little hard to work the jaws. Wow! I could not believe how much chaff was inside it. I removed every part and cleaned with odorless paint thinner, lubed with lithium grease and put it back on. What a difference that made. The other is a little chip shield attached to the tool post to keep those dang hot chips from burning my hand. I think it will need to be just a little bit bigger though.

As a side thought I did find a little project that is worthy of my skills! Going into my shop, with a cup of coffee in hand, the dad gum door closer cut loose and 'swoosh' coffee all over me. Well I made a new lock on the door closer to solve that problem. LoL



This will probably justify the thousands I've spent on my hobby shop. Ha!

 

[LX Kid]

As funds become available I plan on CNCing either the 3-in-1 or the mill. Anyway I bought the below DIY partial kit off eBay last night. Still need a lot of other parts but month by month I'll get them.

 

[LX Kid]

Well now I've done it! Grizzly told me just to send the faceplate back and they would refund my money. I guess that was the easy way for them to wash their hands of not being able to give me the correct faceplate no matter if it left me hanging in the breeze! Sooo I decided, with my superior machining skills, that I would take the $160 delivered "wrong" faceplate and thread new holes and lathe out the recess! "WRONG!" After measuring several times, and using the backplate off my 4-jaw, I located three new drilling points and proceeded to ruin my day. Tapped the holes and bolted it to the spindle so I could enlarge the center recess and I'm off .090 -120" center. The pic shows where I market the lo and hi side. Can someone guide me thru this? I have enough meat on the faceplate for at least a dozen more tries.

 

[LX Kid]

Maybe make a lipped arbor to mount the faceplate on. I could then cut the center recess and at least that portion would be done.