Super 7 'Essentials' for beginner?

As well as LH Sparey's "The Amateur's Lathe" it's worth getting his little book "A Man and His Lathe" as well.

The old version did, the new one doesn't and you are going to need an oil gun.

regards Martin

Plus one for that and it reminds me that it would be worth checking that any fitted chuck, etc is not stuck.

Yup, add a stub piece of hex bar of about 3/4" to your shopping list - clamp it in your chuck and it becomes the easiest way to get the thing on and off.

As suggested earlier super 7 lathe manual link

Sounds like it should be subtitled " ...A Joy For Life"

I've modified the spindle lock lever to a longer, chunkier size with a knob on the end, it's very handy when you are using a collet chuck regularly.

- Nick

As your S7 is an older one, when you adjust the gib strip for the saddle, adjust the screw on the extreme right last! On the early version with the guiding done by the front bed way, there is nothing on the other side of the bed opposite the adjusting screw, and you can push the saddle out of alignment if you happen to do the right hand end first. Ask me how I know!!

Maurice

Big Amazon package arrived! Plenty of Christmas reading!

G Thomas to follow. I think Santa's bringing that one

.....and he scores!

A good read there, but you seem to have got two "Lathework A Complete Course". You will have to read it in stereo Perhaps someone here would like a copy?

John

Well  here is a really cheap (free!) mod to remind you of the direction to move the lever for auto cross / long feed:-

Then buy or make a guard for the motor to stop swarf getting in there!

Good luck with your Myford - I really like mine!

Norman

Edited By NJH on 18/12/2017 21:30:43

That looks a good mod. Did you make or buy the motor guard? Know of any drawings? Thanks

Steve Bower:

The first photo in my Miscellaneous album shows the similar guard I made for my standard S7.
This became redundant when I upgraded to VFD.

PM me if you are interested.

Good spot. I was over-enthusiastic. Got a refund from Amazon, & didn't need to return! That's the wife's Chrissy sorted then!

Er... doesn't that depend on the number of wheels in your set up? I don't think it's true for all of them.

When it's an odd number of gears you just don't look at the notice.

(said with a nodding aquaintance to Spike Milligan and Eccles)

:0)

Martin

Hmmm - with the gearbox you don't often change the no. of gears

N