I got the Hand Wheel in last week, and mounting it was simple and straight forward. However, the wheel created two more problems for me.
1. The hand wheel does not have a hole in it through which to use a shaft to tap out a stuck MT2. Below is an overview of drilling out a hole to use a tapping shaft that I posted on another forum. I drilled out a 1/4" hole because I didn't like the idea of a hole being too large and destroy the integrity of the hand wheel shaft at the point of the 12TPI threads. I bought a 3/16" by 36" wire rod, and made a tapping shaft.
2. The second problem is that my lathe is fit into a space just long enough for bed to fit. So I had to move the head stock forward/inward until the motor was not sticking out beyond the bed rails on the left end. What that did was - that once the hand wheel was added, it did not allow the locking lever for the head to be turned no more than about 1/4 of a turn. If the motor were outboard of the end of the bed rails, there would be space to allow the head stock lock. For now, I will just lock it in place and then put the hand wheel on.
Drilling the center hole on the new hand wheel for the Grizzly G0462:
I am not a scientist or engineer but I most certainly discovered that there can be a huge difference in drill bits by brand.
I have a Grizzly G0462 lathe and it does not have a hand wheel on the left end, but it is threaded for one. I ordered the hand wheel and discovered another anomaly - the hand wheel does not have a hole through the center line - through which to use a rod to tap out MT (morse taper) shafts when they are stuck.
So I decided to drill out a hole by mounting the wheel's shaft in a chuck and drilling from the tail stock. I got my Ti HF bits to use and it kept wanted to skate (the bit was new.). I tried a different bit, same thing. I figured I needed a cobalt counter sink bit to get the hole stared, but could not get one within the needed time, so I decided to check HD and Lowes. Lowes had DeWalt PILOT POINT titaniums, both in sets and individually. I bought a single 1/4" Dewalt pilot point to bore a hole through the hand wheel shaft, about 2 1/2 inches. It did not skate and bored though the soft steel like it was butter. Of course I used cutting oil and it was smooth drilling all the way. I would drill in 1/4" to 3/8", pull out, and add drop of oil and drill another 1/4 to 3/8".
I have never had normal titanium bits drill that easily. When I finished, I cleaned the the Dewalt pilot point and it looked clean and hardly used.
Anyone else familiar with the differences in Titanium plating on different brands? I was shocked in the differences. It could have been the pilot point itself, but it seemed from my observation and feel that it was a much higher quality bit than the HF Titanium.