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So ive found these,Im not sure how to find out which one to buy?

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Whooa.look at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moVDZrYGnyc

All i need some of this bar, now to locate some.

Edited By Paul Smith 37 on 14/03/2020 21:44:50

Well ive got it to bits and found the metric leadscrew is worn in the middle. so i need a new one!

My Myford ML10 metric leadscrew is a bit worn, so i wondered if anybody had (pardon the pun) a lead on where i can get another , or get one made?

I found new metric half nuts, but finding a new metric leadscrew is another issue

Many thanks Pauly

Edited By Paul Smith 37 on 14/03/2020 19:24:47

Edited By Paul Smith 37 on 14/03/2020 19:26:53

No I havnt stripped it yet as I’m still using it, I’ve also acquired another cross slide to fit as a chap called Mike from here is going to refurbish the old one..So I’ll strip the lot and check it out. Also the tailstock is very stiff, yet another job.!

Thanks Again!

Excuse the thread hijack, but can somebody with a ml10 Metric with a metric lead screw tell me how much slop you have in the lead screw mechanism please? ive got around .6mm as indicated on the leadscrew handle, roughly a third of a turn of slop before it does anything. Thanks In advance Pauly

Edited By Paul Smith 37 on 01/03/2020 09:33:10

Thanks for the reply I’ll have a read up !

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I’ve never seen a boring head. I’ll look that up. Ta

What did you replace it with?

So is there anywhere that makes a headstock spindle for the ML10 without the Morse taper and thus giving a bigger bore size

I thought of doing that ,but the axle I was making was 16mm dia and 500 mm long so wouldn’t go on the bed.I bought a pair of ball raced wheels with a 16mm bore, then bought some 16mm round to mount the wheels, trouble was the bar came up at 16.25 mm. And I couldn’t machine off .25mm

The reason for the post was I’ve bought a metric ML10 . But to my dismay I tried to put some 16mm bar thru the chuck but found it wouldn’t go. So I measured it and found it to be 15.7 or thereabouts. I was going to check the chuck end but can’t get the chuck off at the moment. I may have to make a Mercedes star style external key to remove the chuck via the jaws and tap it round. So it sounds like because of the mt2 taper they are both the same size. I’d thought of upgrading to a ml7 but aside from the longer bed I doubt there’s much to gain. Cheers Pauly

Anybody got a Myford ml7 that can tell me the internal diameter of the headstock shaft? Or what’s the biggest round bar that will pass through the chuck and out of the side of the machine. Thanks for your help, cheers Pauly

I’ve bought some ct90 . Seems to work quite well, a bit stickier than oil for sure

Thanks Guys, good advice. !

Cutting fluid

Any recommendations for cutting fluid fort eh lathe thats doesnt stink? The workshop is just off the kitchen and er indoors dont like stinky stuff. many thanks pauly