hi all

hi

got a reply saying try lathespares, so guess they are not doing this service anymore.

have been looking over the lathe and a few bits need replacing and it could do with some fresh paint, so have decided to strip it right down. have put a mic on the bed and have .003" wear on bed face at headstock end, and .0035" on front shear at headstock aswell.belts look tired and have a tooth missing on back gear. is there a manual available for the screw cutting gearbox to make stripping a bit easier, or good reference anywhere for a complete strip down/rebuild. lathe is dated to 1968.

atb

jay

Hello Jason,

Whether you can still buy it or not I don't know, but the Myford gearbox booklet #712U is fairly comprehensive and has drawings in exploded view form to show what goes where. I think that would be as close as you will get to a manual on the unit.

Parts will be easily lost or misplaced, I strongly recommend a blow by blow picture record as you go and a good storage of things in labelled bags to help you put it together again further down the line. Most of the internals [gears, clutches ] are hardened and probably not available as single replacement items, although I stand to be corrected on that.

Regards

Brian

Hello Jason,

In the adjacent thread to this one there is a reference to a pdf version of the gearbox booklet, it covers all you will get from a paper copy

'files's7gbox2.pdf

Regards

Brian

Edited By Brian Wood on 12/03/2014 10:31:56

Jay

It does indeed seem that lathespares offer this service but you will need to contact them for a price - it can't hurt to ask!

N

thanks brian, found that file through google and will be a great help for later.

njh, yes have had an email from them. £175 which includes regrind of the feet, bed surface and running shears. will have to get it to them though which they quoted would be roughly £42 each way.

atb

jay