Other Smithy Owners ?

[Grandpa's Barn]

Thank you guys for reviving this thread. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had all the items to add the Electronic Leads screw to my 1220. Just last week I started making the mount for the stepper motor. I hate to admit it but the impetus for this was an inadvertent movement of the powereed lever with the carriage locked in place. Oops. Mangled a couple of the changes gears and bent the change gear idler shaft. I chose to move on to the ELS and repair/ replace the change gear items later. I'm taking photos as I go and will post them in logical sequence.

[olf20]

Finally got caught up with farming. Been working on ELS for my Smithy. For starters I'm just driving it back and
forth. I will add a display and a key pad to enable me the input distance so I can more accurately bore holes
and such. I have it all bread boarded up. Need to dig out a box to put it in.
olf20 / Bob

[olf20]

Dan, Grandpa's Barn. You guys still around??
Been doing anything with your machines??
olf20 / Bob

[Dan Krager]

I use my Smithy Granite every week. Right now I'm machining a part for a broken tap wrench.


DanK

[ShopGuy]

i use my smithy granite 13x40 lathe almost every day also have a 9x40 vertical smithy mill and 12x30 smithy ltd lathe that I bought 25 years ago. Fitted all the machines with a dro.

[olf20]

Got the digital readout for the tail stock mounted and working. Uhgggg
battery dead. I will post a picture tomorrow.
olf20 / Bob

[olf20]

Finally got some pictures of my digital tail stock and my ELS. Have been
using the ELS on several boring jobs and really like it.
olf20 / Bob

[LJDriver]

Does anyone happen to have a Smithy P/N G20001 wrench? It's used to hold the spindle while tightening the draw bar nut on a Granite 1324. I've contacted Smithy and they are out of stock but expect to get some at some point

[Dan Krager]

I do not have such a thing, but would at least like to know what it looks like. I don't have a collet chuck, so no need for one just yet. Where does the wrench get applied?
DanK

[LJDriver]

It slides over the splined spindle shaft and is used to hold the spindle while you tighten or loosen the draw bar nut. I've never seen the wrench but that's what I've been told.....lol

[Dan Krager]

In that case, any spanner wrench of appropriate size will work.
DanK