Thread: Myford Lathe

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Anyone out there interested in Myford lathes?

I own one ,I guess that makes me interested .

Kev

Was thinking maybe we can get a Myford Interest Group going.

I'd be interested in that - I have a 1958 Super Seven. As soon as I work out how to reduce file size on this Crapple computer I'll post a photo or two (iPhoto REALLY sucks)

Peter.

Originally Posted by Sleeping Dog

I'd be interested in that - I have a 1958 Super Seven. As soon as I work out how to reduce file size on this Crapple computer I'll post a photo or two (iPhoto REALLY sucks)

Peter.

That's around the same vintage as mine.Don't know the serial no off the top of my head .

Kev

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about the official Myford attachment that's behind it on the wall - what did that do again????

Chris

ALL I CAN SAY IS OOOOOOOOOOO__________ARARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!! JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET MY HANDS ON WHEN GROWING UP IN THE UK AS A LAD IN 40s--50s to old now plus cannot go into the workshop any more .so I watch from afar. rupertbri

Originally Posted by banksiaman

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about the official Myford attachment that's behind it on the wall - what did that do again????

Chris

The Myford chick ? shes a groupie.
She hangs about all the time.

Kev.

not the missus then?

Originally Posted by Sleeping Dog

not the missus then?

Definitely not , Missus is barred from my shed .
She has to fill in an application form and present it one month in advance to even get a look in there.

kev

this is mine after restoration - doesn't look quite this good now

what's really great about this lathe is that I found out it's manufacture date was within 3 months of my own date of birth - how cool is that!!

Looks very neat .
Wish I had the cabinet with mine ,unfortunately it wasn't with it when I bought it at auction.
Mine is just sitting on one of my steel work benches ,not even bolted down at this stage.
I use it just for small stuff at the moment .
Have some material to make mounting blocks etc.
The pics above are from after the day I got it ,it looks a lot cleaner now.

Kev.

Hi Sleeping Dog,
You have made a nice job of your restoration.
You may experience some problems with vibration using RHS as raising
blocks and possibly some bed distortion. It probably negates some of the rigidity you have in the cabinet.
The factory units are from CI which in itself is a "dead" material ie not
resilient - no flex to transmit vibration. Also the blocks incorporate
jacking screws (thru which the holding down bolts pass) these are used to level the machine and adjust for any distortion when bolting down. If you you bolt the machine down using a
dial gauge (as you should) to check for twisting etc., you will be amazed how easy it is to distort the bed by simply putting a bit more turn on one mounting bolt!
The factory raising blocks allow you to adjust each bolt individually to cancel out any distortion.
I own a Super 7 Long Bed which I have had since new for about 25 years
If treated properly they are one of the best small lathes avail.
My company used to be NZ agent for Myford and we sold quite a number
of lathes and accessories here.
Parts are avail ex the factory and they are a great company to deal with.

Thanks Pomare,

Restoration might be a bit of a strong word here, I didn't undertake any mechanical work on it, there is a bit of wear on the work end of the bed but I'm willing to put up with that, other than that it was in pretty good nick. Basically all I did was strip, paint and polish.

The raising blocks were missing when I bought the lathe, I think the cabinet and the machine came from different places, the RHS was always just a stopgap until I could get the proper gear but after 3 years they're still there. I haven't had any problems with vibration to date but then it doesn't get a lot of work.

When I get more playtime I'll get the bed and cross reground and fix her up proper.

Peter.

Raising blocks are on Ebay ,but from UK , price is not too bad ,but postage is a killer from there .
Went to buy a 5" Myford threaded backing plate from Ebay UK for around $30.00AUD , postage was $78.00 AUD so I decided not to bid.
I will just get a backing plate from Minitech for $66.00AUD
Minitech in Brisbane are the Myford agents and have some parts in stock ,not sure about the raising blocks .
I plan to make my own from 1" steel plate ,found some drawings on a website for them but Im struggling to find it again.When I do Ill post the link.

Kev.