Myford bits

Just a quick one (or two). Can anyone tell me how many back gears / screw cutting gears I need if I buy a Myford ML 10 imperial lathe devoid of gears? ------I will be needing to cut metric and imperial threads.

Also, will the travelling steady and fixed steady for the bigger Myfords fit this machine? Thanks

.... or consider an electronic leadscrew.

Hi Stuart

The fixed steady will not fit. The travelling steady will need a bit taken off the bottom. The best bet though is to make your own. I believe College Engineering still do the castings ( see here )  and they are very straightforward to make. Changewheels - sorry I don't remember as I have upgraded to a 7 (with a gearbox!)  You might find the info. on the Myford site?

You might consider buying one of these ( the travelling one) I modified my old ML10 version by simply fixing a strip of metal to the bottom to raise the centre height a bit - you could just as easily take a bit off the bottom of the one shown.

The fixed steady would be a bit more difficult at that for the ML10 fixes into the "V"s at either side of the bed whilst the 7 version clamps through the gap between the shears. It might still be possible though.

Either way you can get some idea of the cost involved and you are unlikely to need them from day 1 so can treat it as an enjoyable "learning about your new machine" experience

Cheers

Norman

Edited By NJH on 09/02/2013 20:12:47

Hello Stuart. You should get some Info from this site.

Hi Stuart,

I have a Speed 10 and it came with the following gears.

On the lathe for finest feed the following are fitted: - 1st stud 65T, 20T, 2nd stud 70T, 20T, Leadscrew 75T. Extra gears are 25T, 30T, 32T, 35T, 38T, 40T, 45T, 50T, 55T and 60T.

As far I am aware that will cover Imperial and Metric screw cutting listed on the gear cover.

Hope this helps.

Luigi

Thanks to you all for answering my original. - Stuart

Stuart, I have just had a look at my ML10 hand book, for the ML10 Imp. model, the following gears are listed, numbering 15 gears for metric pitch threads.

1 each of. 21 27 33 36 39 42 48 50 80. 2 off 63.

Further gears are listed, 1 off 40 60 65 85 70 and a 75, these being substituted for fine feeds other than gears listed.

Clive

Thanks for your replies chaps - all very helpful.Stuart