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| krv3000:
hi all well as sum of you no my compact 8 was missing its compound slide and i had modified a one of a myford to fit. well having a workshop vised from mick IE micktoon he thinks that he new where their was one any way after sum emails i picked it up from john's IE doubieboost and i was over the moon as it fits my lathe so her is the refit so fare its a emco one all in all in good order just needed my loving touch striped it dawn and gave it a repaint the three jib screws Will be replaced as will the nuts and i will be making two new handles for the feed and i fitted a toothed belt on to the mane body see pic i then did the graduations on the top slide and on the bottom ring for angels this my tip on the job in hand don't clean off the rings leve the muck on concentrate on removing the muck from the numbers and the markings i do this with a needle in a pin chuck the reason for leaving the rust on the rings them selves is 1 the pant wont stick to it and 2 you is only removing a minimal a mount of metal if you clean the ring before panting when you cume to remove the pant you is also removing metal and if the markings are worn then you is making it harder to reed them the pant i used is car spray pant right sum pics |
| krv3000:
next bit i was given a emco quick change tool post from jb3cx IE peter this wood not fit the myford slide but will fit the new one the first thin i had to do was mack a new tool post bolt i mad this out of 20mm OD silver steel the bottom had to be 15.5mm by 4.5 deep then the shaft 8mm OD by 65mm long from the bottom of the shoulder then the top have taped m8 25mm dawn then i had to mack a sparser to fit the quick change tool post as the center hole is 11.5 then opens out to 20mm at the bottom drilled 7.8 then went threw with a 8mm reamer the mane tool post bolt it held in place with a 3mm role pin that's one of them pins with a split in it so i made the adapter to fit on to this pin as well once that was dun i made a washer for the top with a m8 flanged nut but i will be making a new one the one i made is 23mm OD well their is plenty of room for a 25mm OD and 2.5mm thick right pics |
| mattinker:
Hi, there nice little lathes the Compact 8, there is on thing I'm not to keen on, the quick change tool post. The side that has the tightening bolt at the top, has more than half the nut outside the tool holder!. I find them fiddly to adjust the height, I haven't thought about it yet, but I feel sure there's room for improvement! Nice job, regards, Matthew |
| krv3000:
ih ithink i no wat you meen you have the thum wheel then in the midel is the bolt to lock it in place when your tool is on center hite y not change the bolt for a grub scruw and mack up a dedikated alen key to fit it |
| Brass_Machine:
Nice work! Eric |
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