For all you new owners of the G0766. Make sure you go through your lathe and check everything to see that it is tight and secure. Things like the pulleys [tighten set screws] belt alignment, also the rpm sensor [make sure it is tight in the mounting hole], handwheel set screws, and every nut and bolt on your lathe. Doing this now will help insure you have the best performance and avoid issues later on. Sometimes, shipping across the seas on a container ship can induce lots of vibration and what was tight at the factory when shipped can loosen on the handling and voyage across the sea. The G0766 is a fine machine, and you need to realize that your diligence in the little things is important to your overall satisfaction with the G0766. You will be surprised at its performance. My G0766 will compete with any Powermatic 3520b I have ever turned on!
Heading to Springfield from KC area this morning 3 hour each way to pickup mine. Really worried about putting this thing together weight wise. Can one person handle moving the legs and head stock? I think the bed will be the heaviest piece and you might need an extra body with that one. Thanking of taking it piece by piece out of the crate in my mini van and not trying to move the whole crate into the shop. I was trying to find in the manual or somewhere weight by part, no luck so far. I do like the idea of the lift that someone added and that might be an option. Having a lathe raising Sunday if anyone wanted to stop by, free beer and burgers. Also got a good bit of lumber that will need to find a new home so this new lathe can fit in the shop.
In your case get a friend to come over...you will find that two men can have the agility and strength to handle it pretty well.
Roger - where are you in KC? I'm in Louisburg and sure would like to see the 766 in action before I take the plunge.
Mark, that is exactly how I did it. I backed the trailer up to my garage door and opened the crate. Removed the legs (nicely secured by the way). Each one was maybe 50 to 60 lbs. set them up about 58 inches apart like it says in the manual. Removed the tailstock, you have to remove the pins in the end first. slid the head stock to the middle of the bed. At this point the crate with bed and headstock were fairly easy to slide to the end of the trailer. continued....
The material lift that I posted was the key for me. I was able to lift the bed and head stock up from each end and get some 2x4’s under it and then roll the lift arms underneath it. I strapped the assembly to the lift and easily rolled it over to the legs. Dropped it down, secured the bolts and lifted the whole assembly a little to put the feet on and get it leveled. the only help I had was my wife sliding the 2x4’s under the bed while I lifted. (Oh yeh, she was the one who suggested the lift, I guess that was the biggest help). lifting each end of the bed with the headstock in the middle wasn’t too bad, felt like maybe a 100 lb dead lift. It probably would have been much easier if I had moved the head stock to the opposite end first. Total setup time was about an hour. enjoy, it is such a nice machine
Jerry, Roger's in Virginia, Mark's in KC. BTW, if you call Grizzly Customer Service, they can probably put you in contact with someone in your area as a reference who has bought a G0766 within the last 12 months. I'm assuming they still have their voluntary reference program for Grizzly stationary equipment. But I'm sure Mark would still welcome your help setting up.
Mark, don't hurt your back setting up your lathe. You'll need your strength later to hump those big green bowl blanks onto that bad boy.
A pair of sawhorses can be a big help on assembly. That and a few blocks of wood. I would assemble legs to bed first without the headstock, banjo and tailstock on. Sawhorse and blocks could give you enough to get the feet off the ground, or you could put lathe bed upside down, attach legs and feet, then flip over, then move away one sawhorse at a time.
Jerry, come on over any time. I am in Liberty,mo but if you want to see it working give me a few weeks, I have got to get a sub panel ran to get 220 to the lathe.
