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I have no idea what they are? any pix?

Well its a little bit chewed as i stopped when saw what was happening.

here is the car nut i bought for £1.20, chromes a bit flash harry but so am I

many thnx DH what a stupid boy Pike I am

here with pix for my OP

I have an ML7 and as you know im sure, switching a motor on/off many times/hour stresses the motor and makes it how

I havent the misfortune to have a Myford clutch (Ive read horro stories about this on here)

Here' my cheap charlie way round the problem (maybe you all know this already, but I havent seen it posted)

I use the layshaft lever to loosen the belt drive and act as a clutch. Its worked fine for me for 5+ years and only last week had to put a new main belt on (ca £1.75 btw)

I daresay there will be purists who will throw hands up in horror - but it was good for me and beats stressing the motor

Hope this helps

Indeed I was fooled by this for a while. I have taken to sourcing a car wheel nut which doubles as a long thread nut. 7/16 unf is a common size for small cars. I was also caught out by this unf/bsf switch when restoring an old ransomes mower, I didnt expect a switch for some of the chassis parts

mixing different thread tables in your workshop is a nightmare. I have taken to spraying trays with different colours so perhaps they dont get confused.

btw how do i get to post pictures on here? i cant see how to create an album?

My ML7 came wit a rotating 4 tool holder designed to take a 5/16 sq hss tool piece, I decided I wanted to revert to the simple tool clamp which can take 1/2" shank and so removed the 4 pce block. I found the original handle didnt have a thru thread so have to find a nut (or pay ca £5 for a Myford long nut. Well I was really puzzled when I couldnt get the std nut to fit, I even dug out a 7/16 die nut to chase the thread - which started chewing thread - funny had the correct od?

so stop - think????

light bulb moment, I checked my thread table and found it was a 7/12 UNF 20tpi vs 18 tpi for bsf - wasted an hour on this

anyone else come across this anomally - was it part of the 4 pce tool block attachment? thats my guess

I cant see how to create a photo album so I cant post pix

I have an ML7 and it appears to have a sML7 cross slide with a 1 7/8" hole to accept the top slide

my Myford mill has a 1 1/4" clamp collar to be secured as per the top slide but its much too small and I would have to make a collar ring to take up the slack, or esle make a complet new clamp ring to suit

does anyone have any ideas?

pls how do I post pix?