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Hello Peatrich, Thats a lovely old Myford. I have seen that gap bed "modification" on others too, sometimes not completed as elegantly as on yours. Do you find that your machine turns parallel alright? Odd to think of the age of some of the machines we use. My Harrison M250 is a mere...

Hello, All these shiny American lathes are very nice but I'm afraid there can be only one:-

Hello, I thought people might be interested in some turning work I had to do on board ship recently. This was in connection with a repair I was doing. I had to make some threaded bushes. The bushes are 30mm dia, 20mm long and threaded M12. The material is 304 stainless steel. The lathe is a...

Hi woodchip85 Thanks for that, got your PM, sent you one back.

Hi rklopp Thanks for that information, I will check it out. Thanks again.

Hello, Thanks very much for both of those excellent replies. I was looking at RDG earlier and will call them, although I'm not in their area, I'm in the Scottish Highlands. I just meant PB were local to Harrisons. I did not know about the Myford 254s so will definitely look at that. Making a...

Hello, Another plea for help chaps, I'm afraid. I'm looking for a fixed steady for my Harrison M250. Again, I'm trawling all the secondhand suppliers in the UK. If anyone happens to see or hear of one (anywhere), would they be so kind as to give me a shout? I believe that the Harrison M250 was...

Hello, Does anyone know a good source of D1-3 camlock mount accessories? Specifically I'm looking for a faceplate. The Harrison spindle has a D1-3 mount...D1-4 stuff is far more common. Harrison machines were supplied with Pratt Burnerd chucks etc, handy for them as they are made just down the...

Hi, Thats a present? Don't you two get on then?

Hello, This post is by way of an adjunct to an earlier one on a similar topic. I thought I'd start a new thread as the chaps who previously wrote about high temperature RTV sealant (Hylomar, as it is generally known in the UK) did so some time ago. An excellent high temperature gasket material...

Hello In answer to windlii's question, yes he does get to use it when I'm at sea. The Harrison M250 is a fantastic machine and I am really very pleased with it. The best thing about it from my personal point of view is that it is a British machine, designed and built to production quality...