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Reborn of Myford ?

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,09/12/2011 13:01:25
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Buy an old "Enots" oil gun. They never leak and mine cost 50p from a stall at a traction engine rally - and it still had oil in it!
William(Bill) Poole10/12/2011 01:13:17
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To Doug Johnston,
Hi, Bill here.
Iv'e just sent you a reply to your query but I think its failed so here goes. I have a 2 inch
filler cap on the bottom of my gun for filling purposes, there is a small vent hole in the upper part of the cylinder for venting the air when operating the gun , if oil is coming out of the vent hole then I would anticipate that the main oil seal has failed,this is easily replaceable. I'm not sure I understand your problem exactly but I hope this is of help to you.
Bill.
Douglas Johnston10/12/2011 09:22:45
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Thanks Bill,
I've got an old grease gun in the workshop which I will experiment with when the weather gets warmer- it's freezing today
Doug..
Redpiperbob15/12/2011 07:22:40
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Hi All
Bill was having a problem loading the drawing for the adapter so I said I would load it for him so her it is.
 
 

 
And the gun he fitted it to.
Bob
Douglas Johnston15/12/2011 09:15:30
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I see what you have done more clearly now. I thought you had used one of the lever type grease guns which have a spring loaded plunger coming out of the end which would have been more difficult to adapt.
Doug.
Cross Slide15/12/2011 13:17:35
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My original myford oil gun leaks as well. But enough of leaks and oil. Why don,t we use this thread to provide RDG with our ideal lathe spec?
KWIL15/12/2011 13:51:21
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(New) Myford have the drawings and the will to progress, but I cannot see there being a new design of Myford lathe for quite some time. They have to walk before they can run.
Philip Rowe15/12/2011 16:46:28
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Bob,
Thanks for sharing the mod info on the oil gun nozzle, can you tell me what the thread is on your gun?
I have attempted to measure the thread on mine (as supplied by Myford purchased 1973) and it appears to be close to 3/8" (0.368") and 27 tpi but I cannot find anything that matches that in any of my data tables. Is it a BSP thread or something else?
 
TIA
Phil
Redpiperbob16/12/2011 06:28:05
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Hi Phil
the thread on my oil gun is 1/8 BSP
Bob
Philip Rowe16/12/2011 16:41:26
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Robin/Bob
Many thanks for your responses on this, at least I now know what it should be.
Will spend some time over the w/e experimenting, I know that I have got a 1/8" BSP die knocking about somewhere, with luck I might even have a tap.
Well I live in hope!
Phil

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