Recent content by tomhorse

Nice idea I was trying to come up with a way of using forward and reverse otherwise it not doing what it should I was thinking a steam engine driving it and it driving some form of miniature machine. Of course that would rule out sticking on a desk how about using a small air cooled...

Thanks for the reply. I took it apart last night and gave it a good old clean. (Lots of old dried grease and other smeg) Who ever mounted it had assembled it wrongly. The two red blocks with the spring loaded levers have external contracting shoes which are slightly different sizes, as are...

Hi, Does anyone know what this is? It looks like a counter driveshaft similar to the 'wade' one but I don't know. It's mounted on a wooden base and has a well made lid to fit. The central part seems to be some sort of epicyclic drive which has the out put rotating in the opposite direction...

Thanks Charles, That's pretty much what I thought. There is no gunge as it's all been stripped and cleaned. The back strip has been shimmed correctly and there is no way the pad will clamp onto the bed without a step on it. I posted this query as myfords website show a flat pad, which is what I...

Hi, can anyone tell me how the Myford saddle clamp is supposed to work? It's never been much cop at locking saddle and I recently bought the ratchet locking lever from Hemingways and now it doesn't even attempt to lock the saddle. I've spoken to someone that should know and he seems to...