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From the Myford manual, dealing with replacing the Half Nuts, so ignore the reference to the Saddle and Carriage:-

Hi Michael,

Have a look at the 30Int taper collets that I keep recommending to people on here.

Link in this thread https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=146359

Edited By Nick Hughes on 13/12/2019 15:23:49

Even later to the party, Remco list them as "Latches for resilient mounting rings" on page 84 of this catalogue:-

Remco

Ha, I did scan through the earlier posts to see if Goodwin had been recommended, but obviously missed that part in your post.

If you want to retain your original readout, contact Darren at Goodwin Technology, to see if they could repair it.

Goodwin Technology

Glad you like them John.

As the collet face sits flush with the spindle nose, you've probably gained more than 50mm, but watch out for the drive dogs!

As my machine does not have a spindle brake, I use an adjustable spanner on one dog when tightening the drawbar and then remove them before actually cutting metal.

Mark, they are off Aliexpress:- NT/ISO30 Collets

Bazyle, they appear to have the same grip as an R8. I've had no problem with cutters pulling out, in the 3+ years that I've been using my set and that includes a 20mm cutter.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 25/10/2019 10:11:32

A bit late, but I just came across these when searching for something completely different and remembered this thread:-

From here:- Small Bonnet Stay Auto-Close

There are commercial plugs available for this.

The drawback is that they need a shoulder to butt up against for the setting operation.

An example are Lee Expansion Plugs

or possibly a cheaper version Expansion Sealing Plugs

Edited By Nick Hughes on 26/09/2019 09:49:43

Hi John,

I have a full set of these NT/ISO30 Collets

They have come in handy a few times on my Syil X5

If yoiu decide not to do it yourself, have a look in the HPC Gears Catalogue under "Worms and Wheels" here:- **LINK**

They list both MOD and DP

There is a company in America that produce a Kit of the mechanical parts for a similar milling machine (The GRIZZLY G0704), that might be worth a look as they have instuctions on the fittting of the kit, on this page:- **LINK**

Also a lot of information on converting the G0704 around and so probably best serching for this machine, as well as the Warco WM 18.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 30/06/2019 19:33:53

Rather than turing a gear down, use the slotted spacer (A2604) that is used in the gear train.

It's for mounting part of the Myford coolant system.

The bottom bracket on this assembly:-

Edited By Nick Hughes on 27/06/2019 19:32:37

The Dutch "MyfordSolutions" have the base (A2076) listed:- MyfordSolutions

Based on my personal experience of a Syil X5 Plus, I would recommend that you keep away from them.

The factory QC was non existant as you can see here (The Saddle fitted to my X5)

This was replaced eventualy (took over 6 months), but I had to buy a precision granite square, to check and set the X-Y axis geometry and am now in the middle of stripping the Z axis, to correct the fore-aft lean in the column.

The final problem is the lack of support, not from the UK agent (they appear to have the same problems getting parts from China), but Syil in China. I am still waiting after 2 plus years for a replacement board, that was faulty from the start and even after trying to buy a replacement directly from China and getting a price off them, they stopped responding to my emails.

No problem with the Myford screwed on chuck when I did it:-

Edited By Nick Hughes on 11/05/2019 16:50:29

If it helps, there is an example of use in my Hemingway Dynamic Toolpost Grinder thread here:- **LINK**

(Scroll down to around the 13th photo)

Nick.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 10/05/2019 11:53:06

Nice machine.

I hope the X7 is built better than my P.O.S X5 Plus.

I had to strip the X5 down completely to correct the geometry errors built in due to non existant QC at the factory!

An example here, is the Saddle. Note the top edge grinding for the X axis alignment!

No wonder I couldn't produce anything with 90 Deg corners!! This was replaced eventualy by Syil.

I only found this (and the other alignment faults) after checking the machine with a calibrated Granite Square from work.

Also I hope you have more luck dealing with Syil (Including Syil China directly), if you need any replacement parts, than I have (not for the saddle, although that was a battle, but I have tried and failed to buy some replacement electronic boards).

Nick.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 28/03/2019 12:24:09

For my M/Cycle clutch basket that had the same nut and was both tight and recessed, I modified the end of a socket to fit the slots and used an air impact wrench to undo.