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DOUG DOTY

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Came in today !!! Assembled it all this evening. Will work on leveling and add a plug on the cord tomorrow eve. and make some chips.

I was suprised to have it come in somewhat disassembled with the bases and panels packaged seperatly. I was used to seing other peoples pictures of thier new arrivals and they were all together, even when seeming to emerge from the crate. Hummm.......

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DOUG DOTY said:
I was suprised to have it come in somewhat disassembled with the bases and panels packaged seperatly. I was used to seing other peoples pictures of thier new arrivals and they were all together, even when seeming to emerge from the crate. Hummm.......
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Be thankfull your machine arrived separately crated! Go back and re-read some of those other postings about multi-replacements because of forklift and overturned crate damage due to the topheavy pre-assembled single crate lathes.

Yours looks great and seems to have been a quick and easy setup without any damage or missing items, doesnt get much better than that..........Don
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Depending on your height and the height of the lathe bed, you might want to consider raising the machine a few inches before you level it.
Just a thought....
 
The assy was no big deal. every bolt and every thread aligned and went together perfectly. I do see a little issue with my floor levelness in the chosen spot but I will do adjustable pads anyway. In fact I may make them myself to keep them as thin as possible as I like the height as it is now for my purposes. I only 5'9" There were definatly no disappointments with quality from an inspection so far.

I am disappointed that I did not see the second set of jaws for the 6" chuck as advertised but I think I read somewhere someone else had this issue also and got it resolved. All for now.

Doug...
 
On the jaws Vince from Grizzly sent this reply to my inquiry:

Dear Ray,



Thank you for your email dated November 6, 2007.



Regarding your situation, the chuck that you have on your machine should have two-piece reversible jaws and not a second set of jaws. Unfortunately this was an error in the catalog and we apologize for any confusion. The part that you are requesting is the inner jaw that the jaws you received mount onto. There should only be one set of jaws for this lathe.



If we may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. You are a valued customer and we look forward to serving your future technical needs.




Sincerely,



Vince

Technical Support

Grizzly Industrial Inc.

EN#901
 
Ok, Thanks for the info. Fair enough I guess, Not an issue for me as I had remembered reading something and knew there was something about the jaws and accepted this when ordering.
 
4003g

A friend of mine..Mike Sexton, GunSight, Inc.,( he rebuilds Redfield and Leatherwood scopes ) has been looking for a bigger lathe for his business, after using an old Atlas for many years.
We had talked about various lathes, had looked at the Wholesale Tool offering locally..in my opinion, the lathe wasn’t much.
I had been curious about the 4003G lathe for awhile, and after ‘googling’ it…was led here. Reading the posts..and the fact that that Mr. Balolia had taken the time to reply to several threads intrigued me enough to make a run up to Springfield to look it over.

Was shown around by Scott LaRue..a gentleman with 15 years of machine shop experience. He patiently answered my questions..and I interrupted him several times as he went about his business.
I carried my information and a recommendation to ‘buy’..and Mike sent a check Monday. Unfortunately, that was 3 days too late for Mr. Balolias’ Magnificent offer to hold the price till Friday..ah, well..serves me right for not checking back sooner.

Now we are awaiting word on when the ‘action’ starts..have already laid in electricity and cleaned, scraped and painted the floor where this little beauty is to occupy its place of..we hope ..fame.
Grizzly will most likely sell another…to me…if this 4003G actually works out as advertised. The lathes I have are either just too big…or entirely too worn out old American iron to suit me.
 
You mostlikely know this but remember you must use a precision machinists level to level up the bed.
 
And do not put it up against a wall. Leave room to access the elect panel if ever needed.Mine came in one crate, but was modified at Griz to prevent falling over.
Mill was rejected twice because of shipper abuse. Griz reinforced crate on 3rd one.
The company follows through. I ordered a vice, it came miscast and the upgrade went smooth as silk. Great company.
 
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I did keep it out from the wall some. 29" from the wall to the outer most front edge of the bases worked out to just let me squeeze in behind for any needs and still allows for some storage of other stuff behind.
 
if you do not have a precision level , the posting with a closing gun shop has/had one available. if not grizzly has them at a good price. not a machinist level, not a carpenters level...a precision.....like .0005"/over 12 inch.

take your time...the slab will most likely settle .so check and recheck.....i spent close to two weeks on mine...its on a std gargage thin slab.( part of that might have been the lathe bed untwisting ....no crating, poor transport)

mike
 
Got It !!

Took delivery of the 4003 today...truck was right on time. Lift gate and little floor truck delivered it right to the front door..whereupon a short lift with a prybar placed the well-crated box on furniture dollies.

A short push delivered the entire unit to the back room...where undressing the little beauty began.

Will be Thursday before I get back to lifting the unit up on the stands..So far, a busted latch on the cabinet door is the only thing that seems to be amiss. Two of the hold down nuts had vibrated off the bolts..and one of the roller stems off the steady rest were rattling around the botom of the crate..as was one of the handles of the feed/speed control.

Got to lay out all parts/pieces and check off against invoice,yet.
Mike is well pleased with his new baby.

He told me today that he came VERY near buying the lathe that Wholesale Tool had sitting in their showroom, here in Tulsa...and glad he didn't, now.
 
Yes , they are nice , but I'm selling one for 2500 , one hour run time . Because the owner passed away and his widow doesn't plan on using it ...
Steve S
 
A question from a guy here that has no experience with a lathe whatsoever, but has some time and a little money that I might be willing to spend on good equipment and to learn.

How difficult is it to learn how to do precision barrelwork (thread, fit, chamber, crown) on a lathe like the 4003? How would one go about this? Best to take some classes? I know it would take years to learn to chamber like Bryant, Borden, Starks etc, but a guy has got to start somewhere...
 
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mike in co said:
if you do not have a precision level , the posting with a closing gun shop has/had one available. if not grizzly has them at a good price. not a machinist level, not a carpenters level...a precision.....like .0005"/over 12 inch.



mike
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There are usually several good machinist levels on eBay. A machinist level is a precision level!!

Just to name a few;
http://cgi.ebay.com/STARRETT-MACHIN...ryZ12581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/STARRETT-model-...ryZ92085QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/SHERR-TUMICO-MA...ryZ12581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/12-MASTER-PRECI...ryZ12581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
 
Walker-Tex ranger,
That's about asking how far is up. I've had people over that will never learn regardless of time spent. It ain't rocket science, but a little mechanical knowledge helps and a lot of common sense. Figure a Grizzly and tooling just for a PPC barrel-$5,000. If you get good, you will have a lot of self satisfaction and you will be able to put on a barrel when you wanted. It will take a long time to recoup your money.
Butch
 
jerry,
i guess a should have said be careful what you buy. some people "advertise" some tools with poor names. i have seen "machinist levels" which were just repackaged carpenters levels....just a new name.

thanks
mike
 
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