myford ml10 lathe gear quadrant or banjo arm

hello there, its always a nerve wracking experience having a precision machine delivered by a courier, recently i found a nice condition myford screwcutting lathe model ml10 , being more compact & easier to store than the bigger ml7 / super 7 lathe. seemed a perfect choice to replace my comparatively small 1940s linneaker & winfield lathe .unfortunatly the myford has suffered somewhat during its delivery to me , where im setting up a small workshop . one of the broken castings is an easy to find replacement part ,a changewheel ... however the banjo arm or gear quadrant as its properly named is also broken. this, i am having problems locating. does anyone have a part stripped ml10 with this part available ???? i did contact various ebay lathe strippers & also myford directly but so far have had no luck .... thanks .

If you dont manage to find one you could always have one laser cut from steel plate - if you have the broken pieces at least you would have enought as a pattern and a laser cut part would only require minimal finishing?

Many thanks,

Neil.

Is the banjo CI? I seem to think most Myford ones are (my ML7 certainly is) if you have any good local welders perhaps it could be brazed or CI welded?

Regards

Paul

if you have any good local welders perhaps it could be brazed or CI welded?

Was thinking that.

There's not a great deal of stress on that part, it only needs to be functional.

My M series could also use a bit of 12-13mm flat plate if there was no banjo at all.

Edited By Ady1 on 12/03/2012 14:42:46

Judging from the amount of hand filing marks the banjo on my Grayson lathe is home made and from what appears to be Phosphor Bronze, if youre feeling really adventurous you could attempt something similar perhaps in aluminium?

As Ady says it dosent have that much stress and if you think about it the tiny cast iron gear teeth would probably shear off before you damage a softer aluminium banjo.

regards

Paul

Martin Hi How many bits is the old Banjo in? Why? You ask as I remember my ML10 it was cast iron. Have a look in your local Kelly's Guide /Yellow pages/the Internet for a local welder. If it in say two bits if you did the preparations your self and made a bit of jig work and the clean up after it would probably cost you £10 to £20 to do.