New G9972Z setup

[Road_Clam]

Antisieze is my friend and I used it EVERYWHERE. Yes and it gets everywhere also lol.

 

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OK, all running and taking some chips. Aside of my weird issue with the power switches she runs very nice.

 

[wachuko]

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It is so funny because it is sooooo true!!!

 

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So today I did some runout checks. All in all not bad and about par for a chinese lathe.

.0005" TIR for radial runout on the chuck fit .

And .0002" axial flatness on the face.

Did a crude quick check of the headstock to tailstock center alignment with a small steel machinists ruler and it looks to be very close. I'll do a final steel bar taper cut test once the lathe is on it's permanent table.

 

[Road_Clam]

Added additional 45 degree positioning slots on my tool post. They come in handy in certain circumstances.

 

[Road_Clam]

Getting close to move in day. It took a lot of time to build my machine(s) table. Tight fit getting both my mill and the lathe to reasonably fit on the table but after a few mock-up configurations, and considering the layout of my floor space. I got everything to work nicely. The next issue was using the lathe's chip tray. The dummies that designed to chip tray did not allow for a flush "surface mount" . The perimeter of the tray has about a 1/2" lipped offset on the bottom. If you are going to use the Grizzly accessory table which is smaller than the chip tray then you are fine. So I ended up adding a 3/4" plywood spacer under the chip tray and we are GTG . The steel framed table is very robust, and the 2x6 and 3/4 plywood deck should do a great job at absorbing vibrations while adding a rock solid table surface. This is going to be a really sweet "man cave" workshop when i'm all finished !

A few last details once I get the lathe permanantly mounted is i'm going to add a hard piped dedicated 20A electrical feed circut on the table.

 

[Road_Clam]

Well, success ! I've been at this final stages since 7:00a this morning and finished about an hour ago. Had a buddy help me slide the skidded base down my basement stairs and that part was actually a slick process. The stripped base / headstock was about 260 lbs. Reasonably easy for 2 guys to move around. I used a small hand winch bolted to my ceiling and was able to winch it up on to my table. Everything fits nicely and a very rigid table.