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Marv D · 12-23-2011, 11:54 AM

Actually,, I ordered this thing way back in MAY but there is such a backorder on them you get on a waiting list!! I JUST got it last week. It's a stupid long wait for a chineese POS tool, but no one in the US makes anything even close for the money (< $3k with a very small collection of tooling)

but WOW,, I've already made PILES of aluminum dust just learning to set things up, and actually the first real project was fixing something for the wife

so the cost got justified right out of the gate.

Already have a LONG list of small projects and pieces that I've tried to make by hand,, and now can make them and make them RIGHT.

This thing is more fun than a trip to the

bar,,, well... almost

fishingjred73 · 12-23-2011, 05:06 PM

Nice!! Grizzly makes some nice tools for the money.

red69ss · 12-24-2011, 08:36 PM

Nice lathe/mill combo. Is it single phase?

Marv D · 12-25-2011, 11:12 AM

yup, just single phase 220, there not a very high tech or overly powerfull machine, but slow and steady 'works' when you need something no one makes LOL

hotrod 80 · 12-25-2011, 12:21 PM

I have been shopping for one also . Missed a Smitty down the road . Most machine shops around here dont want to mess with small jobs . Nice machine and Merry Christmas .

12-23-2011, 11:54 AM	#1
Marv D Registered Truck Offender Join Date: May 2008 Location: hells training ground (aka Ariz) Posts: 3,118	Merry Christmas to me :-) Actually,, I ordered this thing way back in MAY but there is such a backorder on them you get on a waiting list!! I JUST got it last week. It's a stupid long wait for a chineese POS tool, but no one in the US makes anything even close for the money (< $3k with a very small collection of tooling) but WOW,, I've already made PILES of aluminum dust just learning to set things up, and actually the first real project was fixing something for the wife so the cost got justified right out of the gate. Already have a LONG list of small projects and pieces that I've tried to make by hand,, and now can make them and make them RIGHT. This thing is more fun than a trip to the bar,,, well... almost __________________ Still playin with trucks, even at my age! When you're dead, it's only a problem for the people around you, because you don't know you're dead. .....It's kinda the same when your STUPID. I just did my taxes and reviewed my SS statement. Thanks to the current administration it looks like I will only have to work till noon on the day of my funeral.

12-23-2011, 05:06 PM	#2
fishingjred73 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: LOUISIANA Posts: 811	Re: Merry Christmas to me :-) Nice!! Grizzly makes some nice tools for the money. __________________ James '68 Stepside (ground up in progress) My 68 build thread http://louisianaclassictruckclub.fre...side-t956.html '81 SWB "Pap paw" (Driver) The 81 build thread http://louisianaclassictruckclub.fre...-swb-t960.html Member of www.louisianaclassictruckclub.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/296290610747732/

12-24-2011, 08:36 PM	#3
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 852	Re: Merry Christmas to me :-) Nice lathe/mill combo. Is it single phase? __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

12-25-2011, 11:12 AM	#4
Marv D Registered Truck Offender Join Date: May 2008 Location: hells training ground (aka Ariz) Posts: 3,118	Re: Merry Christmas to me :-) yup, just single phase 220, there not a very high tech or overly powerfull machine, but slow and steady 'works' when you need something no one makes LOL __________________ Still playin with trucks, even at my age! When you're dead, it's only a problem for the people around you, because you don't know you're dead. .....It's kinda the same when your STUPID. I just did my taxes and reviewed my SS statement. Thanks to the current administration it looks like I will only have to work till noon on the day of my funeral.

12-25-2011, 12:21 PM	#5
hotrod 80 mini truck racer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Baytown , texas Posts: 3,010	Re: Merry Christmas to me :-) I have been shopping for one also . Missed a Smitty down the road . Most machine shops around here dont want to mess with small jobs . Nice machine and Merry Christmas . __________________ 1949 5-window 1969 Camaro 1976 Chevy Luv yellow 1978 Chevy Luv Blue 1976 Chevy Luv Black 1979 Firebird Flooded in Harvey 1999 F350 Dually 2005 GMC Sierra 4.8 RCSB 2014 Explorer (wifes) My build :http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399148 Build #2: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653583



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