Thank you for sharing this. Had my lathe 12 years and have never noticed the oil ways. Change the oil every couple of years, always with the cover off to check gears etc.🙏
You've inspired me to change the oil in my lathes headstock and carriage. I have a Grizzly G04003G which is just about the same lathe. I had heard horror stories of these lathes having casting sand left in them so I opened the headstock and carriage up to clean them out before I used them. I didn't find any casting sand but did find lots of metal shavings. Apparently they drilled all the holes for lock pins and such after the machine was assembled and didn't bother cleaning them out before shipping. I did as you did and put magnets in the sumps of both. Time to clean them out and see how much metal the lathe has made inside.
@@ThisOldFarmShop To be honest I've been thinking of doing this for a while but procrastination is my only real skill. Of course I have a few other things to prioritize like getting the wing for my plane back together and getting the plane flying, milling lumber, installing a septic system and a few dozen other things. I'm hoping there won't be any metal on the magnets after spending a lot of time cleaning the swarf out at the start, but ,I suppose, there is bound to be some from breaking in the gear trains.
@psgflier wow! Sounds like you have too many hobbies just like me lol! I'm getting ready to tear into my Kubota 3940 to replace the front transmission seal. It's always something... Good luck with the plane, that's awesome 👍😎
Thank you for sharing this. Had my lathe 12 years and have never noticed the oil ways. Change the oil every couple of years, always with the cover off to check gears etc.🙏
Thanks for making this video. I have one too, and will need to check it out.
You've inspired me to change the oil in my lathes headstock and carriage.
I have a Grizzly G04003G which is just about the same lathe. I had heard horror stories of these lathes having casting sand left in them so I opened the headstock and carriage up to clean them out before I used them. I didn't find any casting sand but did find lots of metal shavings. Apparently they drilled all the holes for lock pins and such after the machine was assembled and didn't bother cleaning them out before shipping.
I did as you did and put magnets in the sumps of both. Time to clean them out and see how much metal the lathe has made inside.
@@psgflier haha. Sorry to inspire work LoL. Am curious to hear what you find! I was wondering how often I should open it up and clean the magnets...
@@ThisOldFarmShop To be honest I've been thinking of doing this for a while but procrastination is my only real skill. Of course I have a few other things to prioritize like getting the wing for my plane back together and getting the plane flying, milling lumber, installing a septic system and a few dozen other things.
I'm hoping there won't be any metal on the magnets after spending a lot of time cleaning the swarf out at the start, but ,I suppose, there is bound to be some from breaking in the gear trains.
@psgflier wow! Sounds like you have too many hobbies just like me lol! I'm getting ready to tear into my Kubota 3940 to replace the front transmission seal. It's always something... Good luck with the plane, that's awesome 👍😎
Hummm...,I have a PM-1228 lathe, I guess I need to check my lathe now for this issue. Thank you!
Better to be safe than sorry 👍👍. Let us know what you find!