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Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!
Busy Bee knee Milling machine Mississauga On. $2500
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slow-poke
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Paint color is similar to Craft-X white, it's actually called Silver-Grey, limited color selection at PA, should sort of match the Craftex Lathe about 5' away.
After your comment, I was curious about the one/two piece so I stuck my head in the opening with a flashlight and it is indeed two pieces just well hidden with bondo. The design of this mill appears unchanged 1989 - 2023, I guess it's a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it.
I need to look into the pump and wiring for the coolant, I have no idea if the tank is empty, full or somewhere in between and I don't want to spill its contents when I tilt it over for the trip to the basement. The Grizzly manual does not show the tank or pump, so I guess that's one obvious change from old to new. The tank is large filling most of the space in the base, must be close to 5 gallons. I should have paid more attention to the wiring upon disassembly, there is a small toggle switch on the post, I assumed that was for the light, but perhaps that's for the pump?
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@slow-poke the extra switch was unwired when I bought mine. I used it to control a duplex socket for lighting. My coolant tank was fairly small - I still have it, somewhere, about 5-6 litres.
slow-poke
Ultra Member
Assuming the coolant tank was empty would have been a really messy experience, 3 gallons of the most putrid, slimy, coagulated oil (at least it didn't smell as bad as used gear oil). Tank is out, clean and likely in storage for my lifetime.
The terminator dolly.......
The terminator dolly.......
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140mower
Don
..... time well spent, well done!
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Nice job so far. I'm jealous of all the gray stuff below the mill in your garage.
slow-poke
Ultra Member
For a residential garage, it's not bad, wide enough to fully open the doors with two cars parked and deep enough for a work bench, tall enough for a 4 post lift.
Terminator dolly! Too funny!
The rest of the night to get giddy with happiness!
Well done!
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
Jesus, do you put a feeler gauge between the roof and the ceiling?
How many thou?
slow-poke
Ultra Member
Terry,
I'm missing the bent quick quill lever and need to make one, the threads in the hub are not 100%, appears to be M12?
Can you please verify?
historicalarms
Ultra Member
curve speed limit signs in BC are the fastest anybody ever made it around them and lived!!!.....you flatlanders never could figure those curves out.......
trlvn
Ultra Member
My Craftex mill-drill is the same. That was the first single-point thread that I had to cut.
Craig
Had to look that up, apparently it's a Whitworth thread. Here's a thread from HSM for anyone interested.
trlvn
Ultra Member
I really don't know why they chose to use 1/2-12. However, I did find that 1/2-12 USED to be a standard American screw pitch:
Note 1, referenced from the table says
With enough searching, one could probably locate a 1/2-12 tap or die!
Craig
American screw thread gauges
American screw thread series, with diameters of clearance holes, size of tap drills, and size of nuts.
www.sizes.com
Note 1, referenced from the table says
With enough searching, one could probably locate a 1/2-12 tap or die!
Craig