Picked up a nice Myford ML7 this week, should be fun!

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Very nice!

Shame you are not in Yorkshire - I'm sure I could have found it some little jobs over the Christmas break

All I need to do now is learn how to use it!!

Just got fed up with asking various people to make small bits for me that I could have done myself with a lathe so I went for it and bought one!

lots of info at:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/page10.html

Very nice,expensive ??
Cheers,
Bob

looks really useful - the ML7 is a nice machine - but you REALLY need to get at that rust with some fine wire wool and lashings of oil!

As for learning - I have a really useful book called "Making the most of your lathe" by Harold Mason (ISBN 1-85260-304-6). I don't know if it's still available, but it's worth a look. It has various projects that start easy, right up to more advanced stuff like a light-duty winch. The good bit is that you use some of the bits you've made previously to make the next thing. The final project is a coolant pump for your new lathe - once you can make that you'll have sufficient skill to make most of the bits you'll need (or, at least, that can be made on a ML7! )

Have fun,

David

Shortie - noticed your a local chap - you welcome to come to the meets if you want - we're a friendly bunch

maybe you could have a barbie at yours,we could all bring summat to machine

excellent, just found myself a lathe (been looking about 6 months) bit bigger than a myford though. Its a Leblond, not sure what exact model but its an 8.5" swing(17" capacity) and 36" between centres. Should come in handy.

anyone else got any good recomendations for books ? I've been trained on machine tools but that was 7 years ago and I need a refresher.

also does anyone know where I can find out more info on these ? the lathes.co.uk site is a bit lacking on the later/larger machines.

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i am in the middle of repairing my lathe,
just reassembled the gearbox after having some new gears cut, good fun!

Nice machine.
I would start with protecting the nice wall behind the lathe, maybe with thick plastic sheeting, and then I would get a good container to slide underneath the lathe. Otherwise, you will have a mess of cutting oil spray, and metal chips everywhere.

Had mine a few weeks , still playing with it . Have got hold of a copy of Ian Bradley's Myford series 7 manual which is useful. Amazon list them at abot £8. but do not have any in stock, Ebay prices are around £40. have fun. Rusty

Wow, thanks for all the tips lads!

Rust was just a little surface rust, all clean now and coated with a thin coat of oil.

Will definitely be trying to get a Myford manual and thanks for the tip about the wall!

Am going to a model engineering exhibition over the Christmas period so maybe pick up some bits there.

Hopefully will get along to some of the SussexSurrey meets soon, when's the next one? Every time I mean to come along something crops up!

Rich.

Have a look at these dates for the kempton park motorcycle jumbles.

http://www.egp-enterprises.co.uk/

As well as old bike parts they have a fair few stalls selling tooling and lathe associated parts,also seen a blade and zx9 engines there too

You could also look out for a few magazines , The model engineer , Engineering in minature and the model engineers workshop are the 3 UK mags .They all usually have articles for novice metal workers and sometimes just seeing how the more experianced turners, modelers handle a problem can give you ideas on how to sort yours .

Pricey but a very nice imported machine, and big very big for a home machine.

12"X39" with a removable gap in the bed for 19" swing on short items. 1100 #s crated.

The maintenance guy at work is knocking together a heavy duty stand as I type.

That is a very nice piece of machinery

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Pricey but a very nice imported machine, and big very big for a home machine.

12"X39" with a removable gap in the bed for 19" swing on short items. 1100 #s crated.

The maintenance guy at work is knocking together a heavy duty stand as I type.

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some interesting links I have found while searching out lathe history/info

http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/ubbs/Ultimate.cgi

http://www.practicalmachinist.com

thought they might interest someone else

~ Mike

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