As I start to turn more bowls on my G0733, it occurs to me that I could reposition the headstock closer to the "far" end of the bed which would make it easier to work on the inside of the bowls. Until now, I've always left the headstock right where it started out - at the left end of the bed and found myself doing contortions to get around to the front of the bowls at time.s Is this a common practice that I'm a little slow to figure out?
If you have the room to stand at the end of the bed, that is the best way to go.......save your back and can see better also! Give it a try Marty!
It seemed like a good idea, but I've found that it's way too much trouble to remove the tailstock (and, especially, to put it back on) - Grizzly clearly took the cheap route when engineering the attachment of the tailstock to the bed. If I only wanted to take it off once in a while, it might not be too hard. But it's not something I want to wrestle with every time I turn a bowl...
You could make yourself a tailstock swing away attachment.........similar to the ones being used by the Powermatic 3520b owners..........look on the Mustard Monster website, and you can perhaps find a couple of pics. The tailstock on the Grizzly is not as heavy as the one on the 3520b..............personally, I turn with the tailstock on the bed.......never been an issue, just get used to the angle of view.
If my memory still serves me correctly, I think the company that makes the tail stock swing away, make one for the Laguna lathe that is the same as the G0733
Ive found that by reaching under the bed ways and loosening the nut about 4 turns or even off the tail stock and banjo lift right off, Im accually in the process of turning the foot of a table pedestal that has an 18 1/2" dia. Made an out board tool rest using a peice of 1" black pipe mounted in an upside down bucket of concrete (an idea i got off Youtube) as for the removal of tail stock and banjo Im debating on either grinding the channel down further or cutting the bolt shorter due to the fact im going to add 8' of bed to turn10' porch columns, Jet got this one right on their model but yes Grizzly wants you to work for the savings and that I do, and by the way "Hello every one in GGMG" I will no longer hang my head in shame when some one asks what kind of lathe I have, I just up graded to the 733 from the G1495 and oh am I glad the EVS control is a life saver for this will be the second pedestal Ive turned hence the reason for the upgrade,
Welcome, Jacob! Glad to have you aboard, GGMG!
Welcome, Jacob! The G0733 is a very nice lathe. We also still use my G1495 that I bought in the 80's (when Grizzly first brought it in). Got it just so I would have a lathe in my flat-work shop. Didn't take up turning in earnest until around three years ago, so I never knew enough to be self-conscious of it. Now that lathe has taken some work to get it working like I want. But it's still quite reliable as a second lathe.
Your outboard tool rest sounds interesting. Is the concrete-filled bucket all that keeps it stable? My big fear would be that the whole thing could tip into the workpiece and cause some very high drama if you have even a small catch. I went with an outboard extension and banjo set-up from Craftex (Busy Bee's brand in Canada) that's designed for their CX802 lathe, essentially their G0733-equivalent. I wouldn't try to turn a 30" workpiece with it, as it claims to allow, but I'm happy with it for around US$100 after shipping. http://www.busybeetools.com/products...FOR-CX802.html Paint on the extension is a green that doesn't match the G0733, but the little bottle of G0733 off-white touch-up paint that Grizzly sent me took care of that. David
I actually used it this weekend and ended up using the three tapped holes on leg to attach a stabilizer cause, of some vibration going on which yes had I ended up having a catch I would of been an unhappy turner but after stabilizer was attached it eliminated unwanted vibration, I have a picture but can't figure out how to upload to this post, maybe later And as as far as my 1495 I hated seeing it go but I needed the money and space for the new 0733, I had that lathe for 7 years and it paid for it self multiple times over and I only lost $200 from what I paid for it.
