Lathe Search Wrapping up - Grizzly G0733 question - G0733 owners?

[Jay Yoder]

Tim,
Thanks for the good feedback. One question, my delta has a secondary arm for the banjo that I think was for end cuts? Does Grizzly make one of these? I do mostly penmaking, but would like to make some segmented platters and bowls. Maybe I could just ream out the hole to a 1" standard and use my delta tool rests for this one as well. How many non-grizzly accessories are made for 25mm (I think that is the grizzly size)? As for the handwheel, I am sure that I can come up with something, not that I use the one on my Delta...Starting to feel that I am about to Green...Just hard without putting my hands on something.

[Tim Tibbetts]

Jay,
Regarding the secondary arm - I don't know. May be worth a call to Grizzly. You might want to also check with Busy Bee, since the Craftex CX802 which Rick mentioned does have some additional accessories (such as an outboard turning extension) that work on the Grizzly as well. Regarding 25 mm accessories - I haven't found many - as Rick mentioned above, the modular systems (Sorby, etc.) seem to have 25 mm posts as an option. However, more of the tools I've been looking at (e.g., McNaughton coring rig) seem to come with a 1 inch post. Easy enough to ream out the hole.

Good luck with the decision - being able to at least touch a 733 in the showroom, even if I couldn't turn on one first, made my decision a lot easier. Not to mention being able to inspect the crate when it was loaded - and being close enough I could have just thrown the lathe back into the truck and returned it if necessary!

Tim

[Jay Yoder]

Thanks! I am still torn between the Jet and Grizz but that is because of never having seen a Grizz product in person. If I ream the banjo to 1" I could use the delta version until I sell it. I think having a "standard" banjo hole makes most sense since accessories are more readily available. I am a long way from the factory if problems arise. Jet has a service center 10 miles from me. I am very comfy with the Jet, but the $520 diff makes the grizz appealing. On paper the grizz has better specs, but I did notice that the grizz has a 5.3a motor and the Jet a 6.1 but doubt that difference is noticeable. The Jet has a 5 year warrant but that is just about their biggest advantage other than my personal experience. I just wish I could see a grizzly in person. The jet sale ends tomorrow so I really feel I need to make this decision in very short order.

[Rick Gibson]

Jay
Another thing I notice in the manual it calls for a 15 A, 220V circuit. The manual for mine doesn't give amperage that I could see but it came wired for a 20A circuit and the label on the machine called for 20A. I ran it for a while on a 15A circuit with no problems but just light stuff. It's a 3 phase motor so that 5.3A is per phase. Whether the wiring was changed because Canadian rules may be tighter I don't know but it is something else to consider. Keep your small one for pens it will be cheaper to run and without getting a second tool rest and shortening it you can't get as close as you would like for pens etc. the tool rest that comes with it is to long to get in close as it hits the tailstock.