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Hi Everybody,still here and browsing.I have just finished my 19th Myford Green Super 7 and at a loss for something to do I bought a Sieg C1 Micro lathe for $50 Rusty,dirty and a non-runner,just to play about with.Thinking the board had gone and with a replacement at $200 would not be economical...

Hi everybody. No Myfords to do at the moment so looking around for small projects.I have taken an interest in anvils and watched numerous refurb/make projects Learned a lot about what i always thought were just lumps of steel.I learned that the older original anvils are superior and worth...

I am in the process of restoring a no of Myford lathes.Currently I have a super 7b long bed (I Don't want a long bed) and a couple of ML7s. I would like to keep a super 7 and gearbox,question are the beds interchangeable Can I swap the long bed on the super7 for a short bed on an ml7 and vice...

My highly modified belt/disc linisher has the motor gone kaput.I do miss it as I used it a lot Over here in Oz its not easy to find high quality homemade tooling but fortunately we have easy and cheap access to chinese gear with free postage and quick delivery,so today i took delivery of a...

Hi everybody, I haven't made much recently as I have been restoring Myford lathes I have just finished no 6 and I didn't want to bother anyone with mundane repeat threads However I saw a useful tip and decided to do it on a super 7.However when cleaning down my Sieg sc4 I thought it would be...

Well after selling my 3 myford ml7s I bought a super 7b long bed with the proceeds and decided to start a new thread.With the clutch assy/countershaft and the gearbox there will be a lot more work and I intend to spent more time and effort with this one.Lathe arrived yesterday and I have made a...

I have wanted soft jaws on a no of occations but they are difficult/expensive to buy and cutting the spiral teeth are beyond me.With buying the 3 myford lathes and restoring i have collected a no accessories etc,one of which was a 5" 3 jaw chuck with no adaptor plate and only outside jaws.I had...

On my Myford restoration thread i have almost finished no 3.Looked at and cleaned up the motor This one is wired directly to a 3 pin plug and not thru a forward/reverse switch.As i have very limited electrical knowledge i would like help and advice. With a screw on spindle and being able to...

I have the axa chinese version of the qctp with lots of tool holders While at design stage just before i go to sleep could i make a new body to fit the Myford and at the same time use all the comm. tool holders Dont know yet its all in my head,but here goes. When i was in the middle of...

I have put the simplex on the back burner and having seen some myford lathe restorations on Utube it sent my spider senses tingling.Simply for the excercise i sold the chinese 7x14 lathe and capstan and bought on e bay for the same money a Myford ML7.Should arrive in the next few days.I dont...

I have been following Ghosties toolpost grinder thread with great interest Workmanship and thread are top notch However as a famous happy fisherman used to say Monkey see monkey do and it got me to thinking about making a cheap/free one.A few years ago i bought a box of assorted bits and bobs...

With the weather heating up and therefore spendind less time in the shed i decided to take a break from the Simplex and try a simple job I have made and posted a thread on homemade endmills and of all my cutting tools for mill found certain ones to work really well and being used all the time My...

Looking for my next project,needs to be sustantial.I now have more tooling than i have ever had and there is not much more to make so need to start using it.I have decided to start on the 5"simplex loco even if it never gets finished.The main reasons are i have the drawings,castings etc are...

Kerrin wants to make a knurling tool.I am not sure what photos are still accessable so will post a selection and answer any questions.Anyone else wants to make one please ask thru this thread

I have opened this thread on behalf of Norm.for anybody to give advise or answer questions specifically on the Sieg Sc4. This can be confirmed by Norm Please supply basic spec for it Norm aon i will try to dig up some past photos and repost

Photo bucket has taken all my photos down until i take out a subscription account.I did not even know is this a new policy,has anyone else got this problem Please suggest alternatives,i feel as though i have been blackmailed

Niels kindly sent me one of his diamond tools for my new mini lathe his only request was to use it and do a review,and also send a donation to our local RSPCA.We are both dog lovers and all animal lovers The tool he sent is sized for the 7 mini lathe but i decided to do minor mods to enable...

Early days yet,but I have a question early.What gear size is the rack and pinion ? As you all know thoughts start flying about in your head,started with a pencil and back of a matchbox.Basic idea at this early stage is to fabricate a tailstock carriage with top plate and apron similar to the...

When I first joined this forum I bought a 7x16 mini lathe.Paid approx. $1200 for an improved spec.Metal gears,tailstock camlok etc.Over a period of time I did most of the major mods and threaded them.I was very happy with the lathe until the board blew and i then upgraded to the SC4 which I am...

One of the tools/excercises in the apprentice school was a height gauge Machined base,spring loaded rocker arm for fine adjustment etc Long gone now and made obsolete by the vernier or digital height gauge When I fitted dro glass scales to the mill I removed a 300mm dro scale from the Z axis...