Alternative to Myford Super 7 stand/cabinet?

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

With regard to the question about bolting it down, this essential

1 As said, the lathe with motor and countershaft is very unwieldy, so would be dangerous to run unsecured.

2 The Myford 7 bed is not torsionally stiff, so raising blocks will provide a means of securing the machine without twist in the bed. A lathe with a twisted bed is likely to turn tapers!

If unsure of how to do this, read Ian Bradley "Then Amateur's Workshop" or his "Myford 7 Series Manual"

You could manage without genuine raising blocks, by mounting the lathe on long studs and two pieces of box section steel.

If you want to go down this route PM me and I'll outkine the method.

Howard..

Edited By Howard Lewis on 18/07/2021 19:05:45

[Swarf, Mostly!Participant @swarfmostly]

Posted by Robbo on 06/05/2013 14:20:43:

Colin,

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be needed to ensure the lathe supports/bolt holes are in the correct place. The standard ML8 was 30" between centres, (10" more than the Myford 7 series 20" but there were longer versions ( extra bed lengths were available so it could be made up to 4' plus between centres). I think the cabinet stand was only produced for the standard 30" lathe.

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Phil

I can't edit out that bloody smiley, wherever it came from!!!!!!

Edited By Robbo on 06/05/2013 14:22:14

Edited By Robbo on 06/05/2013 14:23:07

Hi there, Robbo (and others ),

ALWAYS type a space before any closing bracket. That avoids waking up the smiley gremlin!!

Also, always press the arrow keys to get clear of the other person's text after you've quoted them. That avoids the left-hand margin quote bar also covering your own text.

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

[Swarf, Mostly!Participant @swarfmostly]

Hi there, again,

I should have written 'the right or down arrow keys'.

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

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