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Roger Bailey
03-21-2006, 8:57 AM
Let me say thanks for the help on some of my questions in the past. I made my choice for the new Grizzly GO462. 16in x 43in cast iron with a 2hp motor. It got here yesterday and I got it all set up and running. Now I just wish my tools I ordered from another company would get here soon. I have some wood just waiting.:)
Andy Hoyt
03-21-2006, 9:00 AM
Excellent!
Ken Fitzgerald
03-21-2006, 9:02 AM
Congrats Roger! Enjoy.........
Jim Dunn
03-21-2006, 9:21 AM
Way to go Roger! Is that the unit with the digital speed-o-meter?
Keith Burns
03-21-2006, 9:23 AM
Congrats Roger. Great gloat.:) :) Anxious to hear your feedback on the lathe. To bad it was to late for the Bonker Contest:D
Mark Cothren
03-21-2006, 9:25 AM
Way to go, Roger! Can't wait to see some of your work off this new toy!
Jim Dunn
03-21-2006, 9:27 AM
Roger a suggestion. That extension on the tool rest should be removed for spindle and bowl turning. It's useful for outboard turning but kinda flimsy for everyday use. I have a friend who has that same lathe. I removed it for him and it's a lot sturdier. My .02.
Roger Bailey
03-21-2006, 9:43 AM
Yes Jim it has the digital readout
Andy Hoyt
03-21-2006, 9:53 AM
Let me say thanks for the help on some of my questions in the past. I.....
Some - not all? Ken, Bernie, Corey, Jim - come on guys. We do have a quota you know.:D
So Roger - With no tools, how'd you make those shavings? Did'ja just scatter some TS effluent around to provide ambiance? Or did you sharpen a screwdriver?
Mike Ramsey
03-21-2006, 10:44 AM
Congratulations on your new lathe Roger!
A bit of advice, take the swivel arm off the banjo
and just use the tool rest to do inboard turning.
If you have a bad catch you'll probably snap the
banjo in half. IMHO only. I had one similar to yours
and I snapped mine! Found out it's better to remove
the swivel.
John Hart
03-21-2006, 11:07 AM
Congratulations Roger! Ready to Rock.:)
Dennis Peacock
03-21-2006, 12:00 PM
You Go Roger!!!! Congrats on the new lathe. :D
Cecil Arnold
03-21-2006, 12:48 PM
And another one bites the dust (or shavings as the case may be) nice gloat, congrats.
Bernie Weishapl
03-21-2006, 12:58 PM
Way to go Roger. Congrats on the new lathe.
Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan
03-21-2006, 1:47 PM
Geez!!!!!!!!!
Paint me GREEN with envy.... :D
Congrats!
Jim Dunn
03-21-2006, 2:22 PM
Andy you lost me. Course that's normal.
Christopher K. Hartley
03-21-2006, 2:47 PM
Way to go Roger! Congrats! Now it's time to make some "Lace", you know, those long curlies that adorn the wonderful curves of that beautiful Green Lady.
Bob Noles
03-21-2006, 3:53 PM
Great score Roger. Looks like a home run to me ;)
Let us know how that baby performs.
Roger Bailey
03-21-2006, 4:14 PM
Andy, I had a set of "lathe tools" I got for a very cheap made lathe. They are about 12in in total length and most have come loose out of the handles from using them on the chatter lathe! I got rid of that lathe a while back but kept the tools in case I could find a use for them. I just couldn't wait to get the feel of a smooth lathe after I got it set up. When I got home today my new tools were waiting at the door...YEE HA!
Ernie Nyvall
03-22-2006, 5:57 PM
Congrats on the new lathe Rodger and the new tools. Giter goin.
Ernie
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