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the first think to overcome is the doubt that you can't do it. I bought a ex army lathe (13" throw 34" bed) in very good condition for £400 and an excellent Bridgeport for £800 and normally machine to 0.01mm on all dimensions. Patience is the skill.

Great topic, as someone who has an interest in CNCing my lathe this will come in handy.

I too have one of these, now i need a set of metric gears for threading. I you have some to sell please contact me at roy(at)rsmail.me.uk

I have just purchased a Myford VMC built in 1980 to join my 1973 ML7. The machine, to my limited exp, looks in good condition with the small problem that someone put a single phase 370W motor on it. This has been rectified with a 1.1KW 3 Phase and a Mitsubishi D720-070 Inverter. It need new...