Spent the morning horse riding and getting rained on. Used the rest of the day wiring up, moving and setting up my Myford lathe, and cleaning the garage .
Spent the morning horse riding and getting rained on. Used the rest of the day wiring up, moving and setting up my Myford lathe, and cleaning the garage .
Great little lathe the Myford. Come a long way since mine was built, as mine has the flat drive belts and was used during the war to make a part for the Wellington Bomber.
Great little lathe the Myford. Come a long way since mine was built, as mine has the flat drive belts and was used during the war to make a part for the Wellington Bomber.
Nice bit of living history you have there then. Is it one of the Drummond/Myford M's ? Mine seems to have a worn bed, seem to have a 'ratting good fit' at the business end, when adjusted at the tail-stock end. Have too speak to the good people at Myford and see what they say. I can see a full machine restoration happening here....
Nice bit of living history you have there then. Is it one of the Drummond/Myford M's ? Mine seems to have a worn bed, seem to have a 'ratting good fit' at the business end, when adjusted at the tail-stock end. Have too speak to the good people at Myford and see what they say. I can see a full machine restoration happening here....
Drummond Myford M?....does not ring a bell but I'll have a closer look at it tomorrow and see. I think you can get the bed reground if you wanted, mine is a bit worn at the business end but has not caused any serious probs yet and I seem to get by. It was my Dads lathe and has not run for at least 5 or so years. I have not long had it set up in my workshop but to get it to run I require a v belt to take the drive from the motor to a pulley which on the other end has the flat belt pulley which handles the drive to the lathe.
just got back from my four day working Tour of the emerald isle, first belfast/ hillsborough / Lisburn, then Banbridge, dublin, Swords, and finally cork
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