Daily Archives: 25 February, 2009

Setting up the saddle of a Myford ML7 lathe at the completition of a comprehensive refurbishmant and rebuild. The shims were bought from Myford and whilst they were expensive they are quite a clever bit of kit. They are laminated and about 1.5 thou each layer. At first I thought that they were the wrong ones as they were solid looking. Only after a phone call to confirm they were correct, did I see that they were indeed laminated. Continue reading →