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Thanks again Norm Is the Martin Cleeve info in book form or online?. The metric quadrant on the ML7 has been 'Hand knitted' by someone. It's not too pretty but is I think serviceable. I have sent for a 63 gear which should suffice for my needs. Thanks again for your input which has been...

Good morning Norm I am now beginning to understand the problem. It would appear that the quadrant currently fitted is for metric set up and does not allow the 2 wheel configuration for imperial cutting. I will i think concentrate on setting up for metric for which I may need a couple of change...

Hi Bob and thanks for the photos. This tells me a lot and pretty much confirms that my set-up is wrong. Bob

Hi Norm Many thanks again for your input. There's no hurry since i'm another "old fart" without any deadlines. With respect to the gearbox cover, it's missing so no help there. If you can get back to me in your own time that would be great. Cheers Bob

Thanks for the response Norm and I will have a look for the .pdf's. I think I have proved the gearbox is ok as I cranked the input by hand and the feed rate checked out in a number of positions. So i'm fairly sure that it's the gear train ratio is wrong. Bob

Hi folks Recently inherited a Myford ML7 with the quick change gearbox fitted. Having little experience of lathe working, i am having difficulty setting up the change wheels to cut english threads using the gearbox. the feed speeds are not working out as per the gearbox settings. Can anyone...