Member postings for Gordon Watt 1

Thanks everyone - very helpful and enough to get me going.

I’m looking for some advice from anyone who has fitted a MT2 collet chuck to a Myford ML7 or similar. What solutions have you used when nipping up the bar at the non-workpiece end?

I was considering making a push fit plastic bushing to fit into the spindle hole in the gear train cover, in order to protect it, with a washer outboard and a nut on the end of the drawbar.

Thanks for the welcome - I'm based in Aberdeenshire, and my work takes me throughout northern Scotland. Mainly to dilapidated churches it seems right now... I have a couple of mates who have been answering my newbie Q's, so they are probably relived to share the burden with you folks!

All pushbikes, at the moment that are all acoustic. I do a bit of MTB coaching and guiding, bike packing, trying to keep up with the kids and the near constant maintenance that a family of mountain bikers generates. I've made a few bearing press kits on the lathe (for frame bearing maintenance) which should stand me in good stead for replacing the countershaft oilite bearings, and I've also made some stem caps and axle holders.

Evening. I've recently taken on my Dad's Myford ML7 (1952-53), which he bought secondhand and never really used, other than to carry out some simple repairs to the lathe itself.

I'm a complete novice (I have a stained glass business, so I only ever work with lead and solder on the metal side) and plan on getting the lathe back in good shape and then using it for some simple bike related projects. I've used these forums as a reference for a while now as I get to find my way around, but I so have many questions I thought I'd best sign up and get things rolling.