I've been doing alot of travel for work, so I"ve finally been able to save enough to buy my machines. I ordered the Grizzly G0704 Mill and G0602 10x22 Lathe. They are backordered, expected arrival of the lathe is January 21st, and the mill is February 25th.
I also got the conversion plans from Hoss, and I intend on making the plates from plasma cut steel, and I'll use the lathe for the standoff's. Hopefully I'll be able to get the mill home, clean it up, and bolt on the CNC controls.
The only downside I see here is I told them I wanted to pick the machines up at their Springfield MO showroom, because I'll be out of town on business until early February and don't want to burden anyone with dealing with these things. That means, if I want the lathe ASAP, I'll have to make 2 trips. I might see about having them ship the mill to my office and I'll still pick up the lathe.
Anyway, just thought I'd start my build log. Wish me luck...