Myford Super 7 move

Hi,

I’m new to this forum and never been involved with any forums before, so please be gentle with me.

Engineering is both my job and hobby so I’m fairly passionate about it. I have just built a small workshop at the bottom of the garden and had to move my tools from the garage at the front of the house to the (hopefully) more secure back garden.

As I had to completely strip my Super 7 down in order to carry it, I used the opportunity to clean it and replace the worn belts.

I have posted some photos in an album, not the best off my phone but I felt the need to share them.

I have owned this for about 25 years, I brought it from a major department store in Birmingham city centre when they closed their maintenance department, it was covered in rags and brass swalf but like new.

I have always looked after it as I do the machines that I work in my job, it is used regularly and for long periods but always well oiled.

As I set about cleaning and rebuilding the machine I could not help but feel a sense of pride, the bearing surfaces are like new, the scrapping marks are still visible on the main bearing. I have always made a paste from mixing two Rocol products for the open gears and once clean they too are like new.

I love the old Myford brand, I use an old ML7 and Myford Uni-grinder at work and also own a Myford planer/thicknesser, It was everything that was great about British engineering…..it was done right.

I replaced the oil wick in the main bearing as a matter of course and both belts with new Power twists, the resilient mounted motor was the only problem.

The bushes are no longer available so I had to mould them in RTV silicon rubber.

If anyone has the same problem with the mounts just shout, it’s a simple mould but it’s yours.

Proud to be British

Dave