Dingo Dog
7th August 2015, 03:48 PM
Hello Blokes
A few years back I bought a ML7 Myford off a chap to use as a second lathe. Before the money was handed over, I had him show me the thing working, turning some rod down making chips using a HSS tool, no probs, everything worked & functioned, I twiddled the knobs so to speak, parted with the cash and loaded it up on the ute for home.
The lathe sat unused for 3 years, covered with a sheet and occasionally inspected, work, health and life crisis got in the way of using it, hell, we all been there at some point in our life.
Yesterday, I decide to get this thing set up and working, noticed the compound slide wason the sticking side, so I pulled it apart and this is what I discovered. Now, not saying the previous owner did the said milling of the dovetail ways, he had a workshop of bigger equipment, lathes, mills, shapers and the like and I figured he was not the type of bloke to butcher, and its sure as hell was not me either. ( for those you have had that thought already).
You can see the underside of the top slide has large gouges along part of its length, I think that was caused by the area that has pitting on the dovetail, particales of cast iron breaking free. The dove tail has been milled, you can see the marks of the cutter, it was a head shaking moment for me when I seen it. My question is, can it be repaired, or is it bin fodder.
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A few years back I bought a ML7 Myford off a chap to use as a second lathe. Before the money was handed over, I had him show me the thing working, turning some rod down making chips using a HSS tool, no probs, everything worked & functioned, I twiddled the knobs so to speak, parted with the cash and loaded it up on the ute for home.
The lathe sat unused for 3 years, covered with a sheet and occasionally inspected, work, health and life crisis got in the way of using it, hell, we all been there at some point in our life.
Yesterday, I decide to get this thing set up and working, noticed the compound slide wason the sticking side, so I pulled it apart and this is what I discovered. Now, not saying the previous owner did the said milling of the dovetail ways, he had a workshop of bigger equipment, lathes, mills, shapers and the like and I figured he was not the type of bloke to butcher, and its sure as hell was not me either. ( for those you have had that thought already).
You can see the underside of the top slide has large gouges along part of its length, I think that was caused by the area that has pitting on the dovetail, particales of cast iron breaking free. The dove tail has been milled, you can see the marks of the cutter, it was a head shaking moment for me when I seen it. My question is, can it be repaired, or is it bin fodder.
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