Beagle | 16/05/2012 13:31:29 |
21 forum posts | Afternoon all, Picked up a S/H travelling steady from one of the stands at Harrogate to fit my Myford Speed 10. The TS mounts via a single bolt to the top of the saddle, where there is a threaded hole that's normally plugged via a set screw. Mounting procedure is basically remove set screw from saddle and bolt stand in place. However!... For some curious reason the mounting hole in the TS is partially threaded itself i.e. the mounting bolt not only threads in to the saddle, but also into the TS. This obviously prevents me being able to properly nip-down the TS to the saddle, since the bolt is pulling against the TS threads instead. Before I just clearance-drill the TS hole, am I missing something?!?! Anyone elses TS's threaded, and if so what for? My assumption so far is that despite my purchase looking and smelling like a Myford original, maybe this was an unfinished casting that someone else has finished themselves (very well mind), but perhaps with an error on the mount hole. Cheers. Clive |
TrevorK | 16/05/2012 14:58:57 |
45 forum posts 4 photos | Clive It may be that you have the wrong bolt. My TS is threaded but the top part of the bolt is a plain shank about 5/8" long so it slips right through the TS. I suppose those clever Myford people didn't want us to lose it. Trev
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Beagle | 16/05/2012 15:45:06 |
21 forum posts |
Ah-ha!! The penny has dropped if that's the case - indeed I have a fully threaded bolt, but I figured that was the standard fitting. Sounds like it's not at which point I shall machine the top part of the bolt to a plain shank. You've just saved me drilling the steady and vandalising it Many thanks Trev.
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Jim Guthrie | 16/05/2012 15:45:11 |
128 forum posts 5 photos | I agree with Tigertrev. I've just checked mine which is a genuine Myford one bought way back in the 1970s and it has a part threaded hole - top end - with a reduced shank bolt in the hole which is retained in the item unless you want to unscrew it.
Jim. |
Beagle | 17/05/2012 13:39:39 |
21 forum posts | Excellent - thanks both of you for your help and for checking against your own TS's. I'll skim the bolt threads and solve the problem in the proper manner then. |
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