MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: scrapman on December 08, 2010, 12:20:02 PM
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Hi all :wave:, i said i needed a bigger lathe, the sherline is a little small, so i have purchased a myford ml 10 off ebay,
i was lucky it was only 10 miles away, it came with three jaw chuck, faceplate, tailstock chuck, a set of change wheels,
motor and new layshaft and bearings,
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/snapshot15/ml10.jpg)
Ray.
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Very nice Ray :clap: :clap: :clap: :dremel:
Looks like it has not done allot of work :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:,,,,,,,,,, will you still be keeping the Sherline ?
Rob
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Hi Rob :wave:, thank you for the comment, not sure about the sherline Rob it's handy for making small stuff ,
Ray,
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Nice lathe!
You can do small stuff on a big lathe...
But what you can really do with a small lane is sell it/swap it and buy tooling for the big lathe.
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That looks nice Ray! :thumbup:
Well done..... :clap:
David D
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Hi David and kwackers :wave:, Thank you for the comments, today i put the ML10 all together greased and oiled it and adjusted the gibs
and had it running :ddb:,
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/snapshot15/finished-lathe-2.jpg)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/snapshot15/finished-lathe-1.jpg)
Ray
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A very nice one! I looks like it's in really good condition.
I'd keep the Sherline. I have a larger lathe, but will never sell my Taig/Peatol. It's much easier making small
parts with a small lathe. Very handy to have both if you have the room.
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Hi Dean :wave:, thank you for the comment, i probably will keep the sherline its very handy, i had a peatol lathe it's a great little machine :thumbup:
Ray.
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Hi Ray, it looks like you've picked up a real keeper, that Myford looks very well kept, and in good shape. I would definitely keep the sherline, while it probably won't do anything the Myford won't, it probably does the very small things easier, and it can always be used as attaching parts for the myford, such as a milling column or cutter and grinding head for the cross slide. In my opinion, you will probably make as much of your kit as you buy, because much of it will be special to the line of things you are turning out at any given time, and the more common will be looked for and found used, more often than new. Have you turned anything on it yet, to test its truth? you're going to be boring cylinders on it, so headstock square with the bed is a must and facing off flat is pretty important, and tells you the state of your cross slide, relative to the bed. If those are off, it's much nicer to find out before you have something important mounted, and have to straighten it out. That certainly is a fine looking lathe all in all, congratulations. :headbang: mad jack
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Hi Jack :wave: thank you for your comments, I havent turned anything on it yet, I adjusted the saddle gibs with the saddle at the centre of the bed and then run the saddle from one end to the other with the chuck removed without any sign of tightening that i could see, i will order test bar and a pair of new dead centres to check the headstock tailstock allinement,
The friend i bought the lathe off i have known for 10 years, He fitted a new layshaft and bearings while i was there and had serviced the motor :thumbup: although the old ones showed little sign of wear ,
Ray.