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Ageing can be compared to filling your car with fuel and going on a long journey. It seems to take ages for the fuel gauge to go from full to half, but an increasingly rapid time from half to empty!

Gordon.

Offcut of mdf architrave, (top half slopes back at about 10 degrees) + offcuts of 1" (25mm) aluminium angle cut to length to fit slot of toolholder.

It looks very similar to one that Aldi were selling some months back. In which case, it is very noisy, has no receiver and has to build up pressure if you want to use for instance the accessory to blow away dust etc. In which case, on depressing the trigger you get a fairly strong puff of air and then almost nothing. To clear swarf from a milling table for instance, it's a case of puff, wait, puff, wait ....ad infinitum.

Just my experience with the actual Aldi model that I have. Don't have practical experience of the Lidl product.

Gordon.

I bought a new toolpost stud from the original Myford some years ago and it was definitely 7/16 BSF. Maybe the new Myford have changed the specification.

Gordon.

I take it that the bushes mentioned are to hold the belt cover in the raised position when changing speeds.

My solution was to wrap thin string around the shaft between the bearing housing and what was left of the flange on the rubber bush in order to press the flange against the cover.

Worked ok for me.

Gordon.

Hi Roger,

The spacer collar is indeed an inteference fit on the mandrel. Leaving the spindle assembly in the fridge or freezer overnight and then some gentle heat on the collar may help. You will need to apply some "persuasion" to the face of the large gear to push the collar off. After this is removed the pulley and gear should just slide off.

Gordon.

The "electronic transformer" supplying the 5x 20w 12v tungsten spots in my utility/workroom died after many years of service. Taking this as an opportunity to change to LED I purchased 5x 5w LED spots of the LAP brand and a LED driver (30w 12v constant voltage). After wiring up I switched on and all the spots flashed in unison. Carried out fault finding by process of elimination and found that connecting any 3 spots in any position worked. With the 3 spots switched on I connected the other 2 and all 5 worked OK. Switched off and on and flashing started again. Removed any 2 and all OK. Thinking that the total load of 25W was maybe too close to the 30w limit I bought and fitted a 50w driver. Exactly the same happened!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Gordon.

Every company seems to need an "ing" mission statement these days such as "Support{ing} this or maintain{ing} that.

Followed an Ann Summers truck a few years ago. "Delivering pleasure" !!

Gordon.

Neil,

I like your idea of a stepper motor to drive the carriage feed on the Adept 2 shaper. Instead of a de-bounced microswitch, have you considered an inductive proximity sensor to initiate the carriage advance? They appear quite cheap and plentiful on that popular online auction site, I understand that some or all have de-bounce circuitry built in.

Maybe mount one on a sliding bracket on the same axis as the shaper ram so that the position at which the carriage advances can be set to match the stroke.

I have been toying with how to add self act to my machine for quite some time, this could be a good "ancient and modern" solution.

Are there any more owners of this basic machine out there who have modified theirs?

Gordon.

Looks to me like a tailstock tool capstan attachment. The 2MT fits in the tailstock taper, various tools (drills etc) are fitted in some or all of the holders on the front which can then be indexed and locked into position along the axis of the lathe. There is a photo of one fitted to a Myford tailstock in Mr Sparey's book "The Amateur's Lathe"

Gordon.

I find my Adept number 2 hand shaper to be a good substitute for my poor filing skills.

The modification to the toolslide shown takes the guesswork out of depth of cut.

Gordon.

To some, it's not so much the destination that matters but the journey undertaken to reach there.

Horses for courses at the end of the day.

Gordon.

When someone is asked how they are, why to they reply "I'm good thanks"? Does anyone ever say that they are bad?

Or when someone is "sat" in a chair!

Also ban ambulance chasing.

Gordon.

Watched the "let's Imagine" episode from 1963 last week. Interesting when John Betjeman comments that in the future we will regret some of the closures that have occurred.

Gordon.

Hi Jon,

Dismantling the ML7 headstock is not difficult if you proceed with great care.

There is a threaded collar at the left hand end of the lathe spindle with a grubscrew in it. If you loosen this screw you should unscrew the collar a turn to make spindle removal easier. You could mark the position of the collar on the spindle before unwinding it, or follow the rather vague instruction from the Myford operating manual on reassembly to tighten enough to eliminate end float without "undue friction by over tightening". I have used the latter technique with no problem.

You will probably need to remove the belt guard to get to the cap screws holding the left hand bearing cap (imperial allen key required). Lift the cap very carefully from its seating (some persuasion may be required) and note the position of the shims on each side, set aside carefully as these shims and their position are of paramount importance. The drip oilers can be left in place, but if you remove them plug the holes in the bearing caps to keep out dirt. From this point on cleanliness is vital.

Repeat with the right hand bearing, noting position and orientation of the shims. Carefully rotate the spindle and lift it out of the lower bearing halves taking care not to dislodge the whitemetal bearings.

Protect the spindle by wrapping it in something clean and remove the 2BA grubscrew from the 25T gear at the left hand end. This gear has to be removed and may take some persuasion, likewise the distance sleeve after the locking collar, thrust washer and thrust bearing have been removed. The vee cone pulley assembly should then slide off.

It is then your call as to whether you repair the gear/pulley assembly or fork out nearly 90 Quid for a new one from Myford! As regards the hole in the gear assembly, I would be inclined to line it up with the oil nipple in the pulley assembly.

Re-assembly is just a repeat of dismantling but making sure that everything is absolutely clean. To align the 25T gear with the half thread on the spindle I used a short piece of bar slightly smaller diameter than the core of a 2BA to guide the gear back into alignment with the spindle.

Before re-fitting the spindle, take out the countershaft and fit a new headstock belt.

Gordon.

Long bottle cleaning brush for cleaning crud from the bore of the lathe mandrel and other such orifices.

Gordon

Thank you all for your feedback, spotted them during one of my many idle moments!

Gordon.

Following the demise of the small Coventry firm that manufactured good quality toolposts and holders, a new source has appeared on "The Bay", item number 112020207224. This firm is also situated on the outskirts of Coventry.

Link

I have no connection to this new source but was a very satisfied customer of the previous one.

Apologies for my inability to post a better link to the item, but hope it will be of interest to some members.

Gordon.

Edited By JasonB on 22/06/2016 07:26:02

Andre Chapelon, designer of the kylchap blastpipe and other steam things?

Gordon.

A consideration not mentioned when choosing a lathe is accessibility to the workshop for transportation.

I know someone who bought a Boxford model A and needed to install it in his cellar down some very awkward steps.

4 strong men and 8 cans of Stella were needed to complete the job!

Gordon.