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#Post#: 62318--------------------------------------------------
Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home at T
he Office of Steam
By: RedRyder Date: March 31, 2024, 8:35 pm
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This evening I took the time to hang the motor back on the
Myford lathe that was Don Favell's.
Here is a short video of the evening's progress.
I have an awful lot to learn.
Let the fun begin!
Gil
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThgyV8ntAk
#Post#: 62321--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: Stoker Date: March 31, 2024, 8:52 pm
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What a beautiful machine you have in your shop now Gil.
Fully capable for whatever you may wish to do, it is there to
serve you, so long as you serve it as well.
It should prove to be a wonderful teacher for you!
#Post#: 62322--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: classixs Date: March 31, 2024, 9:31 pm
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A very very nice little lathe Gil!
You will have so much fun, getting properly in touch with it.
Personally I would highly recommend, that you find yourself a
good piece of solid brass, and start the real process out by
familiarizing yourself with grinding HSS blanks.
(Unless that skill is already at hand.)
I am the biggest fan of various carbide inserts myself, but find
that I more often than not needs smaller more specialized tools,
to reach tight spots when making parts for model engines.
#Post#: 62324--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: St Paul Steam Date: April 1, 2024, 5:55 am
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A fine heavy little lathe, I would suggest (if you don't have it
already) "how to run a lathe " by South Bend works. it seems to
be the lathe bible for these old manual lathes. be sure to use
only way oil & spindle oil in the appropriate areas & use it
frequently. Lathe looks nearly new; Don took care of it very
well.
#Post#: 62336--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: RedRyder Date: April 1, 2024, 1:32 pm
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[quote author=classixs link=topic=7077.msg62322#msg62322
date=1711938689]
A very very nice little lathe Gil!
You will have so much fun, getting properly in touch with it.
Personally I would highly recommend, that you find yourself a
good piece of solid brass, and start the real process out by
familiarizing yourself with grinding HSS blanks.
(Unless that skill is already at hand.)
I am the biggest fan of various carbide inserts myself, but find
that I more often than not needs smaller more specialized tools,
to reach tight spots when making parts for model engines.
[/quote]
Thanks, Jan!
I appreciate your guidance here.
Gil
#Post#: 62337--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: RedRyder Date: April 1, 2024, 1:32 pm
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7077.msg62321#msg62321
date=1711936376]
What a beautiful machine you have in your shop now Gil.
Fully capable for whatever you may wish to do, it is there to
serve you, so long as you serve it as well.
It should prove to be a wonderful teacher for you!
[/quote]
Thanks, Daniel!
Gil
#Post#: 62338--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: RedRyder Date: April 1, 2024, 1:34 pm
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[quote author=St Paul Steam link=topic=7077.msg62324#msg62324
date=1711968913]
A fine heavy little lathe, I would suggest (if you don't have it
already) "how to run a lathe " by South Bend works. it seems to
be the lathe bible for these old manual lathes. be sure to use
only way oil & spindle oil in the appropriate areas & use it
frequently. Lathe looks nearly new; Don took care of it very
well.
[/quote]
I will look for the South Bend book as well as Myford's manual.
Don took excellent care of his tooling and machinery.
Gil
#Post#: 62339--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: Bobsmodels Date: April 1, 2024, 2:08 pm
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Gil,
You will have a lot of fun with that lathe, it is capable of
lots of work. I could not see what attachments you got with it
but there are lots available. I have a Myford Super 7B,
basically the same as yours it just has power crossfeed. I have
had it since 1981. If you do not have manuals or other
information there is a Myford group that has a pile of download
information. You may have to join to get access. Here is link
to the files section, there is a manual there.
(HTM) https://groups.io/g/myfordlathes/files?p=name%2C%2C%2C20%2C1%2C0%2C0&jump=1
I hope you got the crazy oil gun for the lathe, it is real messy
but effective. I watched the video and it looked like you were
running the spindle in reverse ie clockwise looking at the front
of the chuck. Please run it in the forward direction. That is
a threaded spindle and the chuck can spin right off and well you
can guess the result on the lathe and chuck. All it takes is a
little quick start in reverse that causes the chuck to come
loose and #&*% bang.
Enjoy the hours you will spend with it.
Bob
#Post#: 62342--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: RedRyder Date: April 1, 2024, 2:57 pm
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Thanks Bob and thanks for the tips!
Gil
#Post#: 62355--------------------------------------------------
Re: Myford Super 7 Lathe Preparing for Service In It's New Home
at The Office of Steam
By: Tony Bird Date: April 2, 2024, 2:52 am
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Hi Gil,
I bought a Myford Super 7R 45 years ago and have never regretted
it. It is a very versatile tool if you have a limited amount of
other equipment. As to tooling I mostly use Eccentric
Engineering tangential tools which use either HSS or carbide
bits which are easy to sharpen using their jig. If you think I
might help please ask.
Take care Tony.
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