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Hi,

Thank you very much, I've emailed him, see if he can help

Hi gents,

many thanks for the replies, I got it wrong!
not power cross feed.... sorry, I meant the other bit (cant remember the name) where you engage the lever on the apron and it will slide automatically with the lead screw...

Opppss!!! very sorry!!

thanks for the links to the websites, ideally I'd like to get something from over here in the UK though...

Regarding the gears cover, that's off a Buxford.
And it was the previous owner who painted it green, he had it for the last 30 years, and was only selling as he bought one with the gearbox. He has also converted this one to V belt.

thanks

JP

Hi all,

I'm back again, 2 years after!

my previous posts were about when I bought a myford ML7, 2 years after, a split up and having to sell all my machines, I'm back in the game hehehe

So I've recenlty bought a South Bend 9"... but I'm missing the idle gears.
I have a load of gears for screw cutting, but no ide gears...

I've searched ebay, internet, etc.. cant find a place to get it from.
I just want it so the power cross feed works as I prefer it to feed manually as I'll get a better end results if done on the power feed..

any ideas where I can get some gears from?

by the way, Im loving this little lathe, so smooth and quiet!! much much more quiet than my Myford was.

Thanks!
JP

Here's a photo of my new toy

Edited By JP Santos on 10/02/2015 23:00:17

Edited By JP Santos on 10/02/2015 23:00:59

good news! was itching to try the new advice, so I went in the garage today to investigate this backgear thing....

undid the little screw and slid the piece back, and my back gear was spinning fine! By now I was already pleased with it

Tried it then on a very slow speed, I think 35? cant remember now, it chatter, but then changed the belt to the most left position, which I think gives a speed of 200.... and it started parting off beauitifully! chips coming away nicely just like I'd seen in the youtube videos hehehe

Really happy with it, no chatter, i mantained a steady feed in, cutting fluid thrown on it... beauty!

Looks like I wont need to buy the rear tool post after all

Hi gents

thanks for so many replies....wasnt expecting that.

Clearly there's a lot of things for me to try out, and I cant go anywhere near my lathe as been put on antibiotics by the doctor... my flu has turned into a double chest infection! great!

Seen a couple of rear toolposts on ebay recently, but i'm trying to hold off on buying it as I want to first try the backgear option and see how it goes...

Some of the tools shown are really precise stuff, I dont really need that as the work im doing is on motorbikes, it really doesnt need to be very accurate...

Hahaha, yes indeed, there's a big Brit community over there, I guess sunny weather, good beer and golf courses is very attractive...

I've also been past the too cautious, as in one of the youtuve videos I watched, the guy said he found it easier if he was less delicate on it..
I tried it... didnt work!

But, i'm keen now to experiment with the backgear and take on some of the tips from this thread and the other linked here...

Hopefully this flu will be gone by the weekend and I'll be able to hide in the garage again

Ho yes!I forgot to add that little bit of info.... yes altough my name is Santos, I live in UK.

Im from Portugal originaly, but been living over here for 9 years now, I live in Newbury, Berkshire

Having someone to show me, or even someone with an ML7 that I could drive to to show me basic stuff that would be a godsend

Hi all,

thanks for the replies!

I'm suffering quite bad from flu at the moment, but I'll be trying all that once Im in a better shape to spend the day in the garage..

@David Littlewood - does that tool fit a 10mm shank? I think i've seen a parting tool similar, think the brand was Glaze?or Glanze?

@Paul - I'll try that, all i did was move the gear lever up, dont think the manual is very explicit, i did notice the little screw there, but really dont know what im doing...hahaha

In terms of oils, I asked the previous owner what he used (as he had it for over 20 years) he said he used non multigrade engine oil SAE30 and moly disuphide grease on where the nipples are.
Does this sound right? I have some SAE30 oil I use on my air compressor, so i guess that's good to go in the oil drips?
Not sure about the grease though, as ive read somewhere not to use grease where nipples are, as it might seize things up?? should only be oil?

JP

Hi all,

I'm new here, all the google searches led me to this website, so i thought of joining and asking for a little help...

I'm not a model engineer, but looks like you guys use lathes a lot, so are probably the best people to seek advice.

I recently bought a Myford ML7 to help on some work I'm doing on a 1976 and 1979 Harley...

Its my first lathe and completly new to this type of engineering, have read a lot and watched a lot of youtube videos.... but there's stuff that you can only resolve if you have someone to ask..

So, I can do the turning and facing pretty good now..but parting is nowhere to be seen...
I just can't do it at all.

I've tried at high speed, low speed, centre height, just a litte below....and nothing, just get chatter.
I did manage to get a few nicely formed cuts coming off today, but promplty followed by a lot of chatter...tried easy on the feed, hard on the feed....

Basically I've tried everything and I dont know what else to do.

I'm trying to cut a spacer out of a 24mm bright steel rod, which already has a 13mm hole through it.
I have a quick change tool post, that I've lined the centre height with a dead live centre on the tailstock...

I have 10mm shank tools as that's what my tool post can take.
One is carbide, the other is a thin HSS blade, not very wide... chatters with both.

Both tools were completly flat on the top and after seeing some videos on youtube where the top had also been ground for clearence, i did that on the carbide and that's how i managed to get the few nice chips coming off...

Another question,
I read on the Myford manual about the speeds (ungeared and backgeared) when I engage the lever, closer to the chuck, to the top position - so its geared as the manual suggests - nothing turns, am i missing something?

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to give as much info as possible...

thanks in advance for the help.
Btw, I did get my Myford for a model engineer from Wales who had it for over 20 years!

JP