Jet vs. Grizzly

[Frank Fusco]

The Springfield, MO Grizzly store is only 2 hours from my home and my son lives nearby so it's not an ordeal for me to go there for something.
I called Laguna, the 18/47 lathe has cast iron bed and legs. Obviously, a good machine. The spindle is 1 1/4"X8tpi so an investment in an adapter would be required to use most accessories. Shipping to my house is about $300.00, which, I'm pretty sure I would rather use for other things. Can't knock the lathe but it's not the machine for me. Besides, it doesn't swivel.

[Frank Fusco]

OK, so who am I kidding? Only myself. The red tractor just went off down the road on the new owners trailer. I have cash in my pocket earmarked for a new lathe. Decision time is over, it will be the Grizzly. Now, I'm planning on maybe tomorrow to drive to Springfield and pick up the G0632. I'll still need to get the 220 wiring in before I can use and will put up the old G1067Z for sale. Too many pluses on the side of the Griz to consider others. Stay tuned.

[Jeff Bower]

Frank, I'm glad you've made up your mind. I know you ask questions, did research and lots more. I will be interested in your thoughts on the new grizzly lathe. My dad has the GO462 and I know he loves it, but wishes he could slow it done a bit. Congrats and good luck!!

[Frank Fusco]

OK, got back from Springfield a little while ago. Started uncrating and rain started. Fortunately, the lathe is wrapped in plastic. Unpack and move job will wait until the a.m. I can't lift almost 600 pounds out of there myself. Might have sold a milling machine for Grizzly while I was there. A friend called and asked me to describe what was available. He'll probably be up there tomorrow getting one. Miracle if cell phones. Couple pictures, old lathe, now in garage up for sale and new one still on the arn mule. Progress photos will follow. BTW, my Grizzly shopping experience was the usual enjoyable. Nice semi-retired guy answered my questions and made suggestions. He showed me some of his turnings, we compared pens. He won, has some real fancy segmenting but bad finish. I had prettier wood and great finish. All the rest were smiling and helpful especially the fork lift loader guy. Handled that machine and my lathe with the precision of a surgeon with a scapel.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Woo Hoo! Congrats, Frank. You should start a new thread to show off the progress photos.

[Barry Stratton]

CONGRATS!!!!

Now get busy as there is WAYYYYYYY to many standing trees in that second pic

[Bart Leetch]

Are you sure thats a heavy duty lathe the arn mule doesn't look like it even took notice? Well maybe it will notice when you haul all the wood that mini monster is going to turn.

[Frank Fusco]

Are you sure thats a heavy duty lathe the arn mule doesn't look like it even took notice? Well maybe it will notice when you haul all the wood that mini monster is going to turn.

Stout mule equiped with overload springs for when I used to haul big critters (cows) and round bales of hay. Besides, it's a Dodge.

[Bart Leetch]

Don't need as much truck as some thing unless your hauling a trailer or goose neck with cows or hay. I remember when I was a kid Dad hauling 2 big beef short horn about 60 miles in the back of a 1955 Chevy pickup. We had a flat right in the middle of the St Johns bridge man you never saw a tire changed so fast I don't think it was much more than 5 minutes from the time he got out of the truck & he was back in & we were rolling again. That was back between 1959 & 1961.

[Stuart Ablett]

Congrats Frank, now lets see it unloaded and unwrapped