Re: Grizzly Evaluation (WAS Dead Grizzly speed control/VFD)
Posted by
John Murphy
on 2001-03-07 11:44:46 UTC
No diasagreements here
I bought one a few months ago. It takes some work to get things
usable (in my opinion), and I've already outgrown it. It's SMALL.
I'd sell mine and buy a bigger one if I had space, but I think I'm going
to hang on and wait until I finish building a house... I'll have a
seperate
shop, where I can fit real machine; Then I'll buy a bridgeport BOSS or
some
other full size machine and get EMC running on it.
I run my poor grizzly pretty hard (40+ hours per week for the last two
months
since I got CNC working) almost 100% in alum and steel. It works OK (I
retrofitted
ACME screws into it, but still have more backlash than I'd like). It's
definitly an OK machine for $500.00, but I didn't think I'd outgrow it
this fast.
I can't compare it to other small machines, but my manual work on a big
machine
was significantly more pleasant.
Buy bigger if you have the space.
murph
ron ginger wrote:
I bought one a few months ago. It takes some work to get things
usable (in my opinion), and I've already outgrown it. It's SMALL.
I'd sell mine and buy a bigger one if I had space, but I think I'm going
to hang on and wait until I finish building a house... I'll have a
seperate
shop, where I can fit real machine; Then I'll buy a bridgeport BOSS or
some
other full size machine and get EMC running on it.
I run my poor grizzly pretty hard (40+ hours per week for the last two
months
since I got CNC working) almost 100% in alum and steel. It works OK (I
retrofitted
ACME screws into it, but still have more backlash than I'd like). It's
definitly an OK machine for $500.00, but I didn't think I'd outgrow it
this fast.
I can't compare it to other small machines, but my manual work on a big
machine
was significantly more pleasant.
Buy bigger if you have the space.
murph
ron ginger wrote:
>
> >At this point, how do you feel about the Griz minimill? (you had
> >misgivings earlier, As I recall)
>
> >Thanks in advance.
>
> >Ballendo
>
> I guess the simplest answer is that I sold it.
>
> There were several reasons- one a much nicer Prazi mill presented itself
> to me for a decent price, and I don't have room for any additional tools
> so something had to go.
>
> Second, it really is not capable of much bigger work than a Sherline.
> Its table is only an inch wider, and about the same length. Its long Z
> column is more shaky than Id like. Since I have a big investment in
> Sherline, and Im a dealer, it was clear Id keep the Sherline stuff, and
> this machine just didn't do enough more to be worth keeping it.
>
> I still say its not a bad machine for $500. But it is a small machine,
> and to me its more pleasant to that size work on a a Sherline.
>
> How's that for an ambivalent answer?
>
> ron ginger
>
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