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Thanks for all the replies. To clarify a little, I thought, perhaps niaively, that the toolpost would be designed to accept a certain size standard tool without shims. I have a couple of 12mm tools that came with the lathe and have obviously been reground, that are pretty much spot on centre height so I bought a set of 12mm tools expecting the same result. I have used the 8mm tools with shims but find it quite a faff to get the height right - I understand people strip down feeler gauges to get the fine adjustment so I'll give this a go. Also I had thought that I would mill off the extra height to get my new cutters just right which would make them handy for everyday jobs and whilst I'm at it, I would make some accurate 1 piece shims to use with my smaller cutters.

Thanks again for all the advice, I feel I'm much better informed on the subject now

Edited By ChasF on 04/06/2017 11:33:27

I recently aquired a Myford ML7 lathe which is in good condition and as far as I know, pretty much as it came from the factory. I bought an inexpensive set of basic cutting tools (12mm) as all the tools that came with the lathe were too small, mostly 8mm. When I check the cutting height with the centre point they are all slightly too high, maybe about 1mm.

So do I have the wrong size tools or is there some adjustment I can make on the lathe?