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I was hoping ti identify it so I can find a home for it,

Its pointless me holding on to a New old stock lathe screw when I am sure there are people out there who would love to have and use this.

its no good for my lathe

I have just up loaded three photos of the lathe screw to my profile photos in case any one knows what its from

It is complete with nut,

I have two, one sealed in the wax and one opened

But for some reason, I am not 100% sure its for the chipmaster.

as I said, the wax sealed one came in a opened hard plastic cover/bag

there is nothing to say the bag is NOT right for the part.

I am trying to find a photo on google of one so I can compare it, but have had no luck

the colchester parts manual does not show the part very clearly not does it give details

The screw in question is a New old stock lead screw that came in a wax covering, it was in a Colchester light green hard plastic long bag (opened)

the part number on the Colchester plastic bag reads 2155

I am looking to make sure the lead screw does indeed match the part number

I am at home at the mo with only a steel rule, but it the one I am trying to identify does look closer to 15mm than any thing else.

Hi There

Could do with a little help

I have around five spare lead and cross slide screws for a lathe I am trying to identify

now can you tell if either of them are metric or imperial ???

No, not metric

most of the intended work is going to be imperial

John F I will pm you now

Hi Just

I am on the last legs of a full restoration on my Myford super 7 Mk1 (see my photos in my profile)

One of the last things I will be doing is fitting the leadscrew,

(I have a myford super 7 Mk1 with screw cutting gear box )

I have use of an other lathe (colchester bantam 1600) and was thinking of buying a acme all thread and machining the ends my self.

being a Mk1, the leadscrew does not go all the way through the gearbox.

so my question is, what is the thred, pitch etc ill need and where should/could I buy it from

Kind regards

Thanks for all the help and advice guys

I found my two original belts that came with my Myford when I bought it a couple of years ago.

Funny enough, they where right in front of my eyes LOL (see photos on my profile, the belts are on the wall in front of me, silly me)

The belts I have had 34 written on them both.

Now I do know from ordering belts on other machines that in the older days, these measurments were not read from the same place as they are now.

If memory serves me, the older measurments were from the core line (an imaginery center line)

anyways I now have two motor drive belts and I am VERY pleased to say my myford fired up on its own power for the first time yesterday in over 7 years (ive not had it that long)

It run like a dream, VERY VERY quiet, although I have given the old girl a Full rebuild (and not just a simple paint job)

as to link belts, why do I keep hearing about this rubbish????

the reason you have a V belt over a flat belt is to give a bigger footprint at point of contact with the pulley,

with a link belt, the footprint is reduced at the point of contact, meaning your not going to get the same grip.

Its that simple!!!!!!!!!!! nothing no one can say is going to change this VERY SIMPLE FACT

If any one is interested, I have uploaded a few more photos of my myford on my profile

Hi Guys

Just a simple question

what is the size of the motor drive belt for the super 7

IF you are giving me the size, plz state if its inside length, out side length or chord length please

Kind regards

duty cycle

HI Keith

I know this is a old topic, but if you still have these collets, plz contact me

Piero

Hi Guys

Could do with a little help plz

Just bought my self a used Colchester Bantam the other day.

when I was looking at it, the seller told me of a fault, only he was a tad wrong about what the switch done,

He was under the impression that the reverse switch was a stop switch, every time he had gone to use the reverse switch thinking it was a stop, the lathe would trip the main fuse board switch.

This is a Bantam 1600, twin speed with a reverse switch, the who lot runs through a Phase converter (not a rotoary phase converter nor a VFD) its has a large transformer and about 8 odd capacitors in the phase box.

He gave me the Colchester original manual, and all the wires on the lathe look to be un toched from the factory (you know you can tell)

but here,s my problem, The manual wiring does not corispond to my lathe, the two speed switch is wired up very differant.

I dont want to sight the lathe only to find out latter that it has a wiring fault.

any one know much about this subject ??? or better still, are you near NW7 London???

VERY WELL SAID that man

Lets not turn this topic into "lets save face"

I to run a small company, And I know a few things about business, NO business ever started with an idea of doing right by the customer, they are there to make money, full stop, lets not be fooled.

My point is/was. wether you buy directly from china/far east, or support the so called UK seller who then buys from the far east, your money is ending up in the far east.

if the UK seller was to buy from the UK, I would whole hartly support them.

If your money is ending up in the far east, why not buy direct from them your self?????????

If supporting home grown suppliers etc was the case "WHY ARE THEY BUYING THERE STOCK FROM OVERSEAS"

You have lost the argument there I am afraid.

Stop for a minute, and dont argue for the hell of it, just think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!

if your not in a hurry, Ebay from china or the far east is plenty good enough.

The likes of Arc zone and RGT tools, all buy them from there, they buy them in bulk GETTING even better prices from the seller, they wait the 4 to 6 weeks FREE delivery and then double or treble the price,

Its not like its going to go wrong maybe like an electrical item,

I buy ALL my end mills this way and will never pay double again

many thanks Hopper

If anyone is interested, my lathe (super7) is serial NoSK2783 and Gearbox is QC1480

might anyone have a link to the Yahoo Myford group plz

many thanks

I am going to my workshop today, as I need to do some more work on the Super7, ill get the serial numbers from the lathe and the gearbox and post them when I get home this evening