For the benifit of the person that has been following my series of articles on the Cowells lathe renovation project, you will be glad to know that the final article in the series was sent to DC for processing on Friday, so it should appear in a copy of MEW near you in due course. This article deals with cutting the gears for the finefeed train. As a taster, here is the end result:

The finefeed now works very nicely!

Regards,

Tony

Sorry Norman…but then, you don't know what else is going to be in that issue…

Regards,

Tony

Stephen –

I am keeping my CNC'd ML-7, my Taig (Peatol) lathe, and my Taig CNC mill. The fact that the latter two have interchangeable headstocks, chucks, backplates, etc. makes that combination particularly versatile.

I like the Cowells a lot; it is a fine little lathe, and it was a lot of fun restoring it. However, I didn't feel that I could justify keeping two lathes with essentially the same capacity/capability (actually the Taig has a bigger capacity). The problem is that at least in the short term my workshop will be smaller than my current one, so something had to give. The room I will be using is in a loft space above a garage, and the pitched roof means that bench space will be at a premium. Long term, once we have made the move and I have figured out how much space I have, who knows.

I did seriously consider selling the Myford instead, but having got the CNC side of that sorted to my satisfaction, that was too much of a stretch.