Greasing a Grizzly G9972Z bench lathe headstock

Just got off the phone with Grizzly, we went through the manual together. He had the edited version where it said to oil the headstock.

Makes me feel like I w> >

Do you have trouble oiling the zerk on the base that's mostly under the vertical way? grrr. That's my current big gripe with the X3.

Have you broken the belt yet? Hint: if you use a fly cutter, don't try large diameter cuts on hardish steel (some kind of hand-forged mystery metal did mine in). I don't think anyone in the US sales a replacement = belt except Grizzley. Of course there's is a warranty, but I dunno if it = applies to belts... yet.

Elton

Belt is still in one piece. I've been looking at getting a boring head [R8 integral shank, of course].

Oil bail. I'd never heard the name before and s> > Do you have trouble oiling the zerk on the base that's mostly under = the

I bought a 2" boring head but haven't used it so I don't have an opinion yet.

I'm trying to decide between buying a face mill and a shell end mill. I can't afford both. They'll both do facing but the end mill will also do side milling, but I'll have to buy an arbor for the end mill which will make it as expensive as a face mill, initially. But a face mill will require inserts (at over $20 a set), but I can re-sharpen the end mill (I say with more confidence than I actually feel) and save money in the long run, but a face mill using a variety of inserts can cut a wider range of materials... [sigh]

Elton