Member postings for Geoff Leake

Morning Dave,

Thanks for your very informative response and for your advice. Point taken about “A dirty machine could be in excellent condition”. And I’ve taken all of your other comments on board too.

I have to say that apart from this clutch niggle (niggle to an experienced person is all I suspect it will turn out to be), it seems fine with all the gib screws adjusted and all lubrication points attended to. Nothing appears to be jammed, the bearings are running freely and do not appear to be worn. There are no nasty metallic noises, although the running gears do tend to whir somewhat.

I’d very much like to have a go at cutting metal and “enjoy”. But until I can get this clutch to grip the taper on the inside of the vee pulley, that’s not possible unless I ignore the clutch adjustment and manually tap it home into the taper, thus operating a direct-drive arrangement without the clutch. I’m not happy to do that.

Geoff

Morning guys, Thank you all for your prompt response, very much appreciated. I'll digest your comments and check things over as you suggest. Having said that, I'd like to send you an image of my clutch but I've not worked out how to add an image to this message. So I'll reply to your individual email messages, attaching the image, which will let you see the type of clutch I have. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm building a classic/special motorcycle and need to turn some relatively uncomplicated parts. I've therefore purchased an old Myford Super 7 lathe, but I've not used any workshop machinery since being at school some 55 years ago! To say I'm a complete novice is a massive understatement. Nevertheless, I took it apart to clean and tidy it up and all seems good, there don't appear to be any broken or worn parts. But having reassembled it, the clutch is slipping. Try as I may, I'm not capable of adjusting it to stop it slipping, so it's not usable in its present state. I guess it's a fairly simple matter to the experienced Myford user but that's definitely not me. Can anybody please help?