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Thread: Myford ML10 backgear
12/04/2017 18:40:41
Posted by mechman48 on 12/04/2017 12:11:03:

Hi Neil

​...'but I thought in the past what if a "greaser" had been at work - it is the later roller bearing headstock with grease nipples'...

​Does this not tell you that the bearing should be lubricated with grease? Not having a Myford I can't claim 'Expertise'
​but I would of thought that oil fed bearings would have a oil bottle / oil wick cup on ea. bearing / pulley location, as seen on various Myford pics? ... & if you use grease you can over grease bearings causing them to run hot.

​George.

George, no it's definitely oil there needed when the pulley cluster is rotating relative to the bullwheel as in backgear. I have the "lathes.co.uk" facsimile of the ML10 manual.The oil nipple is quite different to the bulbous ends on the grease nipples with a shoulder allowing the zerk ? connector of a grease gun to snap on. It was an "Instructables" post detailing a ML10 headstock strip down and bearing change that mentioned the grease in the pulley oilway , because the taper rollers were being changed anyway the pulleys were removed from the spindle and the grease physically poked out, I just wondered wondered if you could use solvent like petrol/toluene/trichlorethane to flush out any possible grease

11/04/2017 17:44:35

Just starting to assemble this lathe (bought 2 yrs ago !), made the short 5/32''/4mm allen key to separate the bullwheel assembly and wondered how "free" the pulley cluster on the shaft should be when pulling everything round by hand ?, I gave the pulley oil nipple several squirts of H32 spindle oil with my Reilang can then even removed the nipple and wrapped some cloth around the spout injecting direct into the hole. It's only 10 deg C in the garage today so the oil will be relatively thicker than in summer, but I thought in the past what if a "greaser" had been at work - it is the later roller bearing headstock with grease nipples.

Will I have to test it under power and feel how warm the pulleys are getting or something ?

Thread: Delivery Problems
01/10/2016 15:33:59

As the OP , I should like to report the original parcel containing my Reilang oilcan turned up today 2 weeks late through the Hermes system, with the original date and tracking no. on the label , although the Hermes site "mysteriously" shows the "collection" date from the supplier as the 29th September.

In regards to courier choice Caveat Emptor !

23/09/2016 10:46:41

I just did that and spoke to the proprietor who said he was sending another one out, and, as you were saying was receiving the same nonsense from Hermes. So Royal Snail this time !

Neil

23/09/2016 10:00:47

One of the suppliers is messing around with me bigtime, I won't mention their name directly in an open forum but it regards a Reilang oiler ordered on 14/09/16 with Hermes 3-5 days delivery. It transpired last night, after first emailing supplier who "would look into it" and subsequently not replying further, that Hermes had never received any such consignment into their system.

I should add that the tracking number given by the supplier in its "despatch" email had never worked, this is why I contacted Hermes via their WebChat.Very annoying, so how best to proceed ?

Thread: Changewheel / Backgear lubrication
31/08/2016 11:47:02

Point taken about "grinding paste" , helped a friend doing his Mini cylinder head many moons ago - very messy !

I've got my eye on one of those Reilang oil cans now,to do the countershaft and maybe a brush attachment for the ways as well.A cheap grease gun for this later ML10 roller bearing variant, and my Meddings quill and I should be sorted.

31/08/2016 10:58:51

Referring to my facsimile info from "lathes.co.uk" for Myford ML10 Rocol Molytone grease ( is this still available ?) OR SAE10 oil for this purpose - so not very critical then.

I've got an old tub of Castrol MS3 grease kicking around from my last century DIY car maintenance, only used for the odd bonnet catch now, presumably suitable ?

Thread: Facom steel bench as lathe stand/drip tray
29/08/2016 15:15:50

Ah, good point to damp the steel, perhaps also cork tiles or rubber doormats using appropriate adhesive or as I have just remembered from years ago , bitumastic sheet which is used quite a lot by the HVAC industry

Edited By Neil Holms on 29/08/2016 15:35:05

29/08/2016 13:59:57

Bought this http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/work-benches-work-tops/8765213/ as I have an rs account with free delivery and the local Machine Mart has such terrible parking - whole lot weighs 60kg, tell that to the courier who staggered in by himself !.

Have an ML10 with a rather home-made drip tray which I was going to mount on worktop offcut then put on IKEA pine bench which I then realised was a bit low and too deep to stretch over to wall when lathe installed. This steel bench would surely fulfill the requirement of drip tray and support together , lipped on 3 sides with a complex rolled front for rigidity - will take 500kg it says , if I slope it slightly to the rear and the left, a hole in the corner will allow any drainage ?

Thread: Slate slab to mount Myford ML10
10/03/2015 12:34:26

Turns out the slate piece is not really wide enough for the the lathe mountings which are on 6in centres slab is only 7in by 44in, however as I need a bit more height to get the bottom of the drip tray to 33in above floor I will get some 40mm worktop or whatever and chop the slab into big enough pieces for the lathe mounts with the studding installed and then coachbolt these to the worktop. If the whole lot vibrates too much in use I can screw  into worktop from below table.

Thanks all for input !

Edited By Neil Holms on 10/03/2015 12:35:27

09/03/2015 00:18:01

@Jeff Dayman : Well I already have a bench of sorts and I haven't got any welding gear. I wasn't thinking of clamping the bed directly to a piece of gash slate directly but using studding like here http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrish/cancelled%20account/tsetup.htm

08/03/2015 16:51:01

Recently acquired ML10 and a drip tray but no stand. Was intending to sit it on an old Ikea pine table in the garage but am worried about possible warpage , then noticed an old slab of slate of the right length and width and about 25mm thick in the garden, and thought after counterboring it for coach bolts I could attach lathe to this using lead or copper washers to avoid cracking the slab. The whole assembly would probably weigh getting on for 90 - 100kg and I think you wouldn't need to screw slab to table as well

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