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  1. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    I think in this case spend a few dollars more, Vevor does make some good stuff, it's the clone of a clone that one has to watch out for, anyhow its a ways down the road, tools first. Cheers..
  2. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    I have watched many videos on different brands of feeds, Vevor and so on, they ALL look the same and are clones, no matter which one I see reviewed they all look like junk and seem to be noisy and have issues right outa the gate with fitting and performance. Any advice on this??
  3. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    Hey all good, A person can't be "level, plumb and square" without a few basic tools, krazy glue and bamboo doesn't hold drill bits worth crap.
  4. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    cheers, he's areal character to watch, a DRO and eventually a VFD, a fella can really trick these machines out.
  5. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    Have you watched double boost? he has done up a 6" spacer and quite fun to watch, especially the out takes. link cheers....
  6. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    So I have made my A-Zon shopping list with the advice posted, I was really lucky with the lathe as it came used with thousands of dollars worth of tools and goodies. (thank you again to the gentleman I acquired it from) I value advice of the experienced, no matter how budget friendly or high...
  7. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    7/16 x 20 from the Grizz manual, it's 50 pages long and the BB one is 10 ish, same machine.
  8. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    Great advice ALL and thank you, I think the first order of business is to make sure the machine is trammed in the best I can do it and then pick a small project and tool up for that. I can build a online shopping cart and watch the dollars add up. One thing I could not find about this mill is...
  9. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    I did make a digital caliber magnetic dro for the lathe as a test of proof project, once I get some proper dial indicators and the mill trammed in the gloves will be off.
  10. MooseMeat

    Mill arrived

    I appreciate all the abuse and information, probably should have just kept the crate it came in and made a chicken coup and left the mill in the front yard with a 4sale sign on it.................NOT. ;) One thing in life is, you can't take it with you, $$$$$ that is so enjoy it while you...
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