The Myford ML7 lathe has completed its first real task!
Update on progress of the Myford refubishment, 3D Cad progress, Seal Engine, boring bar and tool setting gauge.
Update on progress of the Myford refubishment, 3D Cad progress, Seal Engine, boring bar and tool setting gauge.
On Tuesday the 3rd February I had something of a mixed morning in the workshop. The anticipation of work that could be finished was far in excess of what was finished!
Not feeling my best, I thought I would test out how machine able the leadscrew was and what damage, if any the leadscrew would sustain [...]
Well the Myford refurbishment made a leap forward today with the motor driving the new countershaft for the first time! If you want to read more about it visit my Myford website. It was nice to see this move forward and the oilite bushes were slowly run in at varying speeds and directions.
How the decision to manufacture a new leadscrew for the Myford ML7 was made.
Follow the trials and tribulations of refurbishing a Myford ML7
My experience in trying Durafix for the first time to weld a crack in an aluminum casting and it was successful