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Minimum Lathe Speed

I am a beginner planning a first purchase of a lathe. Many lathes aimed at this market seem to have a minimum speed of...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by don
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by don

Tragic loss

Just spotted this on tonights news. http://www.ntlworld.com/partners/itn/britain/1863976.php This museum is a relativel...
14 comments posted 23yrs
posted by john
14 comments posted 23yrs posted by john

Threading questions

Two questions please from of novice at metal working. [1] I have been recommended to use a high pressure lubricant (Bre...
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posted by clifford
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by clifford

Chuck change

I managed to break the chuck key tonight while using it to unscrew the 4-jaw chuck from the mandrel of my ML7, prior to...
14 comments posted 23yrs
posted by clifford
14 comments posted 23yrs posted by clifford

Colour coded Myford ML7 screw cutting charts

Colour coded Myford ML7 screw cutting charts: http://www.randomsolutions.co.uk/metalwork.htm Steve --------------------...
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posted by steve
9 comments posted 23yrs posted by steve

Villiers 4 stroke

I have just been given a Howard Bantam rotavator with a Villiers 15S OHV 4 stroke engine - about 2 HP I should think. C...
13 comments posted 23yrs
posted by John.LloydUNSPAM
13 comments posted 23yrs posted by John.LloydUNSPAM

Source of imperial sized oil seals?

Anyone know of a supplier of the above, preferably mail order? I have a couple of feed gearboxes to rebuild and they co...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by faz
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by faz

We had a discussion....

during coffee brake at work the other day. Why is it called a steam engine and not a steam motor? Does the engine inclu...
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posted by ulfbe
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by ulfbe

Myford Tumbler Gears

From the pictures in the ML7 manual it looks like the tumbler reverse gears (18 and 20T) are the same design as the cha...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by steve
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by steve

CNC lathe anybody?

Noticed this small item on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2557839209&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by tony
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by tony

Myfrod Changewheels

I Understand that the Changewheels from an ML7 are interchangeable with the Super seven - but I get the impression that...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by steve
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by steve

Wembley

Does anyone who went to the last model engineering exhibition at Wembley remember a stand that were selling casting kit...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by tony-naomi
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by tony-naomi

Myford mini-kop question

Has anyone used a Myford Mini-Kop? Were they considered well made/accurate machines? Would a tracer lathe be of much us...
0 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bob.nelson
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by bob.nelson

Tom Senior M1 for sale

I've finished rebuilding one of my two Tom Senior horizontals - an M1 - and as I only have room to keep one, this first...
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posted by faz
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by faz