Member postings for Mexican jon

Edited By Mexican jon on 01/08/2012 20:53:20

Hi Nigel

That would be a great help as I've said this really is a job to far but my time is free and at the end I'll either have another well set up lathe or a lathe i can pass on to someone else who maybe can't rebuild a machine or doesn't have the time to do it but wants to get into model making etc.

Regards Mex

Ok

Here's a clue to what I'm starting with

Is any one interested in me running a post on what I do and How I get on ?

I'm currently rebuilding a little Chester Conquest lathe that has been seriously abused by someone in the past! I realise with the time I'm spending and the parts I have purchsed it probably isn't worth it. Saying that once I'm finished it will hopefully be a cracking little lathe. So anyone got any tips on what i should modify / do to make it a worth while project. 1 reason for doing this rebuild is the fact that i hate to see machines get scrapped.

Cheers Mex

Just a curious question really Is there much point to having a shaper these days I've got a Tom Senior universal mill with a slotting head attachment so my way of thinking is that a shaper would just take up space, that is unless someone can enlighten me.

Regards Jon

Any News David

regards Jon

Paid for a 6 month subscription to Model Engineers Workshop (Digital, Issues) It worked for 2 days and now it looks like i don't have access any more Anyone got any ideas

Edited By Mexican jon on 19/07/2012 12:15:09

Does anyone know if a ML7R can be retro-fitted with parts from a Super 7 to provide powered cross feed?

I'd like to have the powered cross feed facility but don't really want to go to all the trouble of selling my lathe (Being that I have a screw cutting gearbox, clutch etc. on my lathe already) and then looking for a Super 7.

Regards Jon

Does anyone know of a supplier for the nylon drive coupler to use a Rodney Milling attachment on the ML7 series lathes.

I'm trying to source a longish MT2 x 1" arbor to use with my myford (mainly for gear cutting)

Most of what i see advertised are stub arbors.

My way of thinking, rightly or wrongly would be that a longer arbor supported at the tail stock by a live centre would be better.

So i guess my question is? am i right in my thinking and does anyone know where i can purchase a long arbor.

Myford don't seem to do them anymore even throuigh all the archive pictures i see of myfords using the myford dividing head seem to have a long arbor.

Nice to see it over here as well Del