[wisp]

Hi Guys. We finally received our G0704 from Grizzly this morning. Looks like people are eager to see more of this mill so I put up some photos for those interested.

here is a link...

Grizzly G0704 PHOTOS

cheers,
Michael

[ihavenofish]

Hi Guys. We finally received our G0704 from Grizzly this morning. Looks like people are eager to see more of this mill so I put up some photos for those interested.

here is a link...

Grizzly G0704 PHOTOS

cheers,
Michael

great photos, thanks!

[arizonavideo]

Hi Guys. We finally received our G0704 from Grizzly this morning. Looks like people are eager to see more of this mill so I put up some photos for those interested.

here is a link...

Grizzly G0704 PHOTOS

cheers,
Michael

At your site you say the ways are machined not ground. I have a WMD-30 and it is ground and in your pictures the ways look ground too. Sometimes they don't take out all the cutter marks when they grind to help hold oil.

Are you sure the ways are machined only?

[ihavenofish]

they look ground. they arent scraped though like many of these machines come.

[hoss2006]

Hi Guys. We finally received our G0704 from Grizzly this morning. Looks like people are eager to see more of this mill so I put up some photos for those interested.

here is a link...

Grizzly G0704 PHOTOS

cheers,
Michael

Thanks Michael, those help makes it easier to come up with a game plan to get mine unloaded and down the stairs Monday. :cheers:
Hoss

P.S. madbee, mine came from Springfield, MO too, 2/16, got into Pittsburgh 2/18.

[wisp]

You are most welcome for the pics ihavenofish, Hoss, hope they help you out. Thanks for the well wishes too. There is a post on the Fusion forum with all the "Grizzly" details of my kidney stone ordeal, hehehee. Its pretty gross, so be warned.

Enraged, I am hoping many of the parts from our X3 kits will be interchangeable with the G0704, with a few small modifications. We are also open to suggestions from everyone, such as would you rather have direct drive, or belt driven? Mount the Y axis motor in the rear (mods required), or keep it simple, and mount it in the front. X stepper on the left, or right? Sorry, getting a little off topic....

So, here is the closest photo I could get of the dovetail ways on the base. You can see feed lines which I believe are from the cutter they used. I am no expert on grinding dovetail ways, so it is possible this finish was left by a grinding wheel. It just looks like the finish left by a dovetail cutter taking a skim cut to me. These lines are also on the underside of the table ways. A lot of the G0704 surfaces are ground. Oddly enough, many not-contact surfaces that are exposed & not painted, are ground. Such as the area between the dovetails on the base and column too.

Oh yea, I forgot to mention that the spindle was only warm to the touch after running it in for 30 minutes, if your interested in that info. 20 of the minutes were at max of 2250 RPM. (readout said it was 2300 RPM though)

Do you guys want to see any size comparisons, such as a 3" keyless vise, or Kurt 3" vise on the table? I could also show it next to our X2 if anyone wants.

If I can get my son to help me again Saturday, I will try to get the table/saddle removed so we can get a better look under the hood.

PS: Once we finish developing the CNC and spindle belt drive kit for the G0704, it will be going up for sale, fully converted and ready to run.



Click HERE for a HUGE image of this photo.

cheers,
Michael

[ihavenofish]

You are most welcome for the pics ihavenofish, Hoss, hope they help you out. Thanks for the well wishes too. There is a post on the Fusion forum with all the "Grizzly" details of my kidney stone ordeal, hehehee. Its pretty gross, so be warned.

Enraged, I am hoping many of the parts from our X3 kits will be interchangeable with the G0704, with a few small modifications. We are also open to suggestions from everyone, such as would you rather have direct drive, or belt driven? Mount the Y axis motor in the rear (mods required), or keep it simple, and mount it in the front. X stepper on the left, or right? Sorry, getting a little off topic....

So, here is the closest photo I could get of the dovetail ways on the base. You can see feed lines which I believe are from the cutter they used. I am no expert on grinding dovetail ways, so it is possible this finish was left by a grinding wheel. It just looks like the finish left by a dovetail cutter taking a skim cut to me. These lines are also on the underside of the table ways. A lot of the G0704 surfaces are ground. Oddly enough, many not-contact surfaces that are exposed & not painted, are ground. Such as the area between the dovetails on the base and column too.

Oh yea, I forgot to mention that the spindle was only warm to the touch after running it in for 30 minutes, if your interested in that info. 20 of the minutes were at max of 2250 RPM. (readout said it was 2300 RPM though)

Do you guys want to see any size comparisons, such as a 3" keyless vise, or Kurt 3" vise on the table? I could also show it next to our X2 if anyone wants.

If I can get my son to help me again Saturday, I will try to get the table/saddle removed so we can get a better look under the hood.

PS: Once we finish developing the CNC and spindle belt drive kit for the G0704, it will be going up for sale, fully converted and ready to run.



Click HERE for a HUGE image of this photo.

cheers,
Michael

you can see a double set of machining marks. one is the coarse marks which i think youre right are from a dovetail cutter. between them you can see fine lines in the direction of the way, which look like grinding or lapping possibly. i think the coarse markings are deliberate for oil retention. the mating surface on the saddle should be hand scraped if its the same as other variants of this mill. you can see the scraping on the z saddle.

being ground doesnt matter so much as when they are ground/finished. if they do it without any stress relieving (sieg) its all for not because the ways twist and warp after the fact.

in any case, it looks to be as well built as the other ones of seen in pictures. mine wont come for some time still, im going to have mill envy for 2 more months

(but thats ok, ill have a novakon nm145 and a new woodworking gantry to keep me occupied)

[robcap]

Hi Guys. We finally received our G0704 from Grizzly this morning. Looks like people are eager to see more of this mill so I put up some photos for those interested.

here is a link...

Grizzly G0704 PHOTOS

cheers,
Michael

Nice pics, thanks!


Anyone notice the label on the motor?
90v 4.5a = 405w Its not even close to the advertised 750W.

[hoss2006]

Nice pics, thanks!


Anyone notice the label on the motor?
90v 4.5a = 405w Its not even close to the advertised 750W.

Didn't it say 600W on the label? still not 750 though.
Hoss

[robcap]

Didn't it say 600W on the label? still not 750 though.
Hoss

The label does say its 600w, but it also says 90v and 4.5a thats how I came up with 405watts. Not really a big deal since Im sure all of the small china mills are over rated.