Myford cabinet, no clearance for mounting nuts?

Surley shome mishtake.

I can't even get a nut on the mounting studs which clear the angle welded inside the cabinet by a bare 1/16", can only think to grind out a recess for the washers and nuts.

Anyone had a similar experience with an old cabinet?

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Is it the same both ends? My stand (octagonal type) just clears the fillet of the angle so nuts are on flat part and is the same both ends.

Mike

Would it be feasible to turn this problem to advantage?

use longer stud, with three nuts on each.

Lowest nut locks the stud to prevent it turning. Middle nut takes the weight of the machine; top nut clamps machine. By adjusting the middle and top nut on each stud, twist can be removed from the bed, which will improve accuracy (taper), or rather lack thereof)

Howard

Exactly what I've done with my Warco720 (Super 7 copy); it didn't come with the Myford type raising blocks, just plain iron/steel threaded raising blocks.

Bill

CJ

The standard mounting bolts have a different length of thread at each end, so try putting the bolt in the other way round. The short thread is normally the top one which goes through the lathe bed foot. The bolts are only just long enough to do the job when fitted correctly.

Can you make or borrow a counterbore? You could use it to make a flat seat (spotface) for a nut. If you chose to use Allenuts instead of hex nuts you could get away with a smaller spotface.

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John,

Thanks for mentioning these ^^^

I had no idea that they were a commercial item

**LINK**

https://www.holo-krome.com/uploads/7/2/7/5/72754089/hk.allnut.ss.pdf

MichaelG.