Indexable ML7 tailstock

Nice job there Alan, bit of luck you finding that handwheel I can't say that I have ever seen one before. Were they a standard Myford part or is it a homebrew?

Phil

It isn't a leadscrew handwheel by any chance?

Easy to post from your album using the image button.

it isn't an Lavis vernier dial for the saddle hand wheel by any chance.

I have one I removed from my old non power cross feed super 7.

it will not fit the power cross feed super 7 that I have now.

Just found the fitting instructions it was made by

J T Lavis

15 Goddington Road

Bourne End

Bucks

Malcolm

Edited By Malcolm Jones 1 on 25/01/2019 13:25:53

The Lavis dial was divided into 86 and 1/4 divisions so I don't think it's this dial.

Edited By AJW on 25/01/2019 17:19:41

Edited By AJW on 25/01/2019 17:20:12

Edited By AJW on 25/01/2019 17:20:53

Sorry if my comment touched a sore spot!

My impression is that many members access and post from mobiles so this seems a rather basic problem which deserves some attention.

86.25 divisions sounds odd! Almost as if intended for one of the 12 tpi leadscrews on the ML 1, 2,3 or 4.

My old ML 7 came with a Picador Handwheel on the Leadscrew, so I took it into work one Saturday morning and used the optical dividing head inn the Standards Room to graduate it with 125 divisions. Was quite a useful modification.

Graduated Handwheels always come in handy, at some time or another

Howard

Agreed. Here is the Lavis advert:

No doubt someone can "do the maths"!

Edit: Malcolm Jones, might you post the instructions?

Edited By ega on 25/01/2019 18:21:15

The secret is using the vernier scale to produce a result in sensible units!

It does sound odd, especially since 12 tpi gives 83 and 1/3 thou per rev.

George

Dividing the dial into 86.25 divisions made more sense after I spotted that 8⅝" is 8.625

Dave