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thanks for the reply's, i think a hand wheel would be perfect, thats what im missing then.. ive been cutting alluminium practicing and now there's none left!!!!!! that drawing is ace but a bit out of my remit for the time, i will work towards that one time to buy some stock

thanks its imposible to use the carrige by hand as the movement is too fast using the lower wheel, 1no rotation moves the carrige +-2inches i was practicing cutting close to the chuck and darent touch the feed lever time to practice

hi folks consider this a first post from an absolute newbie.... its an old lathe i know, and i thought the main bushings were away, however after a few hours today the bushes are perfect 'in my newbie eyes' as they adjust by bolt clamps, the standard x-y is fine and the auto feed is fine im...

thanks again, im hoping to learn from the wealth of knowledge here that is not the motor pictured but a variable speed gearbox, ive just had it running and all seems well, only the feed was pretty quick making rough cuts, iv'e no change gears but assume that changing that would slow it down a...

thanks for the welcome im pretty sure its that last one, ill get some more pictures up later after ive cleaned up the destruction ive made

hi ive recently got hold of a myford ML4 i think.. it appears to be in pretty good condition for its age as i can find little about it, ive done google and the myford page which is quite good it does have an ID mark YC405 i would be hoping to learn on small projects and work up to something...