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It's been a while since updating here but Grizzly was pretty attentive about the whole process. I was expecting to have to jump through a bunch of hoops but after crating up and shipping it back...

Could be. Does the dial indicator uniformly creep up from .0005" to .005" or does it consistently stay at .0005" and then jump up to .005" towards the very end of travel. If the value is slowly...

Couple of quick questions.

Is your DTI attached to the table or to the column?

If after adjusting the column with the set screw setup that Hoss came up with you are not seeing the head tramming...

I haven't been able to make much progress on scraping the ways on the machine as Grizzly decided to warranty the entire mill. What started as a general question to them regarding typical finish...

Thanks TroyO! That's an interesting idea and one I might look into. I just got an 18" length of 1x2 cast iron bar in the mail that I'm going to machine down into a dovetail straight edge on the...

While I agree with you that I don't have extensive experience with FEM modeling, I do understand the basic principles. The assumptions were not guesses on my part but were based on information found...

Been thinking about the simulation model today and decided to model the bearings / spindle / tool holder / endmill to add to the simulation so that I can get the proper forces applied to the correct...

Thanks, good idea! I had a look through the sandvik catalogue which had some great stuff in it. Still couldn't come up with a formula for milling force (maybe I'm just dense). I did find a formula...

Decided to have a little fun tonight. I wanted to run a basic stress test of the castings to see how they react to typical milling stresses. I had a hard time finding any documentation (that I...

Good point, I didn't catch that!

I'm not sure which is worse. The nail file finish or the apparent warped table. I'll have to check overall table flatness as I don't have a straight edge to spot...

I agree, I took this approach as I've not liked the idea of having the Y axis motor hanging out so far. I've got such limited space to work in that I'd be bumping into it every time I walked past...

I'm curious to know if anyone else's G0704 has similar shoddy machining of the ways. I'm perfectly fine trying to scrape the saddles and gibs as they have already been properly ground and at least...

I know. I know. There are a ton of G0704 builds on here, some are incredibly well done! I thought I'd share my build as I'm coming at this from the standpoint of having absolutely zero background...