Recent content by Novadave

Gregor, I see quite few similarities between you and your situation and my current one. Some advice that I find helps me with regard to the never ending pile of unfinished jobs/projects. Make a list. A list for the big stuff, break it down into easy steps. Then a list for the day too day stuff...

So sorry to hear about your sister Gregor. Having lost a close family member recently, its the memories that stay with you. Make some memories, your very good at that.

Gregor, I'm a long time follower, first time commenter on your post. You have inspired me in many ways from woodworking, tools, knives and sharpeners and also hifi! Thanks to you I found Naim amplifiers recently, on my return to vinyl, wow definatly worth the spend! We even seem to have similar...

To continue here are a few photos showing the strip down and re paint and finishing off with the successful installation onto my ML7. All repainted. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/140876322@N03/46629582774/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_6490"><img...

So Ive had the lathe up and running for a few weeks now and slowly been learning to use it. A couple of improvements already, such as a quick change tool post so I can easily adjust tool height. Next up though is fitting a clutch to the drive pulleys. This is available for the ML7 but hard to...

So long time, no update! Works been getting in the way again! A big change though, I saw another ML7 for sale local to me at a very good price with the bonus it has a quick change gearbox fitted. So I have put the original back together and thats now for sale to pay for the new acquisition. The...

So a Small update. The drip tray and newly painted spacers are fitted back onto the stand and I have trial fitted the bed onto this so I can get an initial level on the stand etc. Having remounted the bed, and having previously decided not to repaint it, Ive decided it defiantly needs a coat of...

Mostly painting this week and waiting for it to dry! More updates after the weekend.

So next up was cleaning up, stripping and repainting the drip tray. This was pretty rusty so I used my shot blaster to clean off as much as possible. [/url]IMG_3834 by dave Axford, on Flickr[/IMG] This is my makeshift blast box, really just to contain as much of the media as possible, believe me...

Removed the Lathe bed from its stand today. The top of the cabinet has a lot of surface rust on it, unlike the rest of the cabinet, a quick test with a wire brush shows it will clean up very well though. Next step is to clean all the rust off, a quick sandblast should do that. Then prime and...

Ive managed to strip down most of the actual lathe now and started to clean up some of the parts. The saddle and cross slide where seized up pretty solidly on the bed, but a soak in some degreaser and a little gentle persuasion got them moving! The rust on the bed was mostly superficial, came...

Thanks I'll check that one out.

Thanks Larry, don't worry nothing abrasive is going anywhere near those areas. The ways appear to be in pretty good condition as there covered in a thick layer of crusty oil!

Thanks Dave. According to the serial number its a 68 ML7, but I'm happy to be corrected on that one! Good tip on the paint, the drip tray on the stand definatly needs paint as thats in a terrible state, I'll take a view on the rest as I go. I'm based near Bristol, ive been looking at Paragon...

I recently acquired a Myford ML7 lathe, after seeing a very poor advert on facebook. The lathe looked to be in ok condition but very dirty with some surface rust present and also included a Myford cabinet. I agreed a price, which I was more than happy with. When I went to collect the seller...