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Hi Guys

Tom devoted some time and set the clutch, belts and alignment of things and the lathe is running as it should now! (thanks Tom!) I would like to thank you guys for your input on this as well on this, so thank you all for your input!

hugh

Hi Howard

I have had rust problems in the past so i invested in a dehumidifier so i leave that running to get rid of condensation, the myford lathe cover came with the lathe also so the condensation usually lyes on the inside of that instead of going for the cold metal, the mistake i made with the smaller shed was not letting enough air through it and mould set in big time. I will insulate the shed at some point (when i save some more pennies up) because it will save me putting the heater on to heat it up and save electrisity running the dehumidifier.

I tried to load a picture but it didn't go in yet either

I just added a picture of 1 similar to the one i used to have, its not exactly the same but very similar, its an easy wee project and shouldnt take long to make out of scrap metal

Hi Howard

I need to turn precision shafts for a project i'm intending to build so i will spend the time needed to get the lathe working as best possible. The trouble with wooden floors is that wood shrinks, twists, splits, cracks and swells. I done wood turning for about 7 years so i know wood isnt the best thing for under the lathe but it will have to do until next summer when i intend cutting a hole through it and making a concret base for the lathe.

I'll try and get it best i can, i'm not in any rush i'm still focusing on the parts list for the project i intend to build when everythings running properly.

I added a photo of me trying out my personal helicopter, dangerious stuf!

Thanks Bear, yes m8 i'm from Scotland, i actually lived in Luton (berry park) for a few years, my son was born in dunstable hospital near Luton. I worked in most of the factories down there including the dreaded peanut factory

The little landrover had full working key ignition, horn, headlights, taillights, break lights, forwards and reverse gears, low speed and high speed, two support wheels to stop it tipping backwards going up steep hills and a neat little sport steering wheel with dash board and pvc leather look alike seats, oh, and fild down windscreen!

The problem was the weight the batteries didn't last long and if a child was to be knocked over by it then it would be a trip to hospital!

I think my first project will be a tool hight guage, i used to have one but it went to the owner of my last lathe. it was a handy little thing to set the right hight of tool bit in the tool post. I love all the home made tools, its amazing trying to figure out what they were used for

Thanks!, boy i wish i had one of those landrovers when i was a kid! i had to make do with pram wheels and chipboard

Ohh the wee landrover in the picture i built a few years back for my children, i used a mobility scooter for that project, i wish i had a lathe back then it would have saved me a lot of bother with the stearing colum!

All pictures should be on now of the tooling that came with the lathe and the books as well. 99% of the things in the pictures came with it, a couple of odds were my own from a previous lathe.

Yes m8, its really clean, the lathe stood in part of the house, not a shed so spotless it was! I took some pictures of tooling ill add to the pictures section soon

Thanks Michael

I just got a reply from the person on instructables who stripped his motor down:

My motor runs cool. I rarely do heavy cutting with it, so most of the time it is running with very light loads. I suspect something needs attention on yours, I'm sure it shouldn't run hot.

When I dismantled the motor (see the instructable - search for 'myford', there were huge amounts of crud inside - dust and wood shavings, oil, and grease, etc.

I did have smoke coming from it once - I took off its drive belt and checked that the motor ran smoothly and freely - it did. I then checked the shaft on the other end of the drive belt (ie the driven shaft) and found that there was quite a bit of resistance when I tried to turn it by hand - it was stiff.

On an ML10, this is a 'counter shaft', with a drive pulley one end (connected by a belt to the motor) and a triple-stepped pulley the other end (connected to the lathe headshaft, which has a corresponding triple-stepped pulley).

I removed the triple-stepped pulley from the counter shaft (by removing a grub screw and then hitting the pulley off) and pulled out the shaft (complete with its driven pulley) from its bearing. More crud and grease (it should never have been greased - only oiled). Cleaned the whole lot out, cleaned the oilway, put it all back together and checked that it spun round freely.

Whenever I run the lathe, I oil the two end bearings of the motor and the counter shaft pulley. I never forget! The counter shaft always runs warm to the touch - I don't know if this is acceptable - but I can't do anything more!!

Best wishes, let me know if you find your problem!

I will do!

Hi Michael

The gentalman who owned the lathe has passed away, he was a civel engineer, he has numerious trains, boats, tools (probably more than B&"Q ) and everything boxed or in glass display cabinits, it was like a musieum, i could have spent months opening all those boxes because it was all quality stuf purchased at a time tools didn't snap when you went to used them.

He also had a small train track running round his garden, his wife told me he used it to make 3 bushes for 1 of the trains and that was it!, i did see a few small flakes of brass on the topslide.

Someone, not sure if it was him or someone else who used it must have left the key in the chuck and turned it on because in the gap under the chuck there is a chip where it has walloped it. Mabe it was a near miss and it scared him i'm not sure but all i know is its cracking condition other than that, i mean who could have a myford lying for 30 years without using it? but it seems to be the case.

I was lucky to have got a lot of tooling with the lathe as well, i'll get pictures and post them when i get a chance, all of the stufs brand new.

One thing i'm missing i would have liked is the fixed steady but ill pick one up.

Hi Ian

I took the gears off and spun it with the handwheel (right hand side) it spins fine, i just wasnt sure how much presure was required when the leadscrew was ingaged and how much strain it put on the motor. If the belts were tight (and i think they were) plus that was tight when i was making the cut then that would have explained why the chuck slowed down in the first place. I slackened the two belts now.

Here is a link to a video of some my project stuf a couple of years ago, i hope you like my youtube alias (john smith) lol: http://youtu.be/raP0-q6UeGo

I had a little accident and nearly took my fingers off so i sold the lathe and all accessories and gave the projects up. This is me coming to my senses and getting back on the horse so to speak. I'm no engineer i just tinker with things! I'm learning, my son just finished his apprentiship at ryan air he does aeronautical engineering i'm really proud of him for seeing it through to a conclusion!

Hi Les

No need to appologise i should have been clearer in my comunication and been more specific! I'm not looking at it as a problem i rather think of it as a challenge, someone might be coming to have a look at it with me on thursday so i will see if we can find a solution to this heat thing. I'm sure it will be sorted one way or another. Many hands make light work!