Today I acquired...........

[JMS1972]

Today again a delivery from Myford country.

Obtained from a well known British dealer in the hope of finally being able to properly level my ML7 and get at every corner of the machine again:

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.... but according to the customs papers country of origin: India .....

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I can't say that I would now drop to my knees out of enthusiasm for the quality of the goods.

I have seen better ... and much better ....

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I now have to measure and compare for parallelism and height - if the hole pattern was right, that wouldn't be all bad either - if that's all ok, I won't grumble about the aesthetics - but I'm getting ready for less aspirational results ...

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The pieces in the pictures in the offer of the dealer looked clearly different.

Having a handwheel at the end of the lead screw turned out to be desirable.
It fits, but seems to come from the same dark corner of the city on the subcontinent ...

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Let's say: I am less than impressed.
If the parts work in the end it should be good so far - but the stuff also cost money , that was not directly a bargain.

Our problem over here, of course, is that there is no Myford used (replacement) parts (flea) market.

So we must order everything from someone somewhere ...
Buying an English machine in my own country of machine builders - after Brexit - was perhaps not one of my best ideas.

But:
It'll be fine in the end,

Carsten

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There's lots of secondhand Myford stuff in eBay in the UK. But finding someone to post abroad might be difficult.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

There's lots of secondhand Myford stuff in eBay in the UK.

That's right, I always look there first.

But finding someone to post abroad might be difficult.

That's one of the problems.
Then you have to ask someone in the UK to use their address, accept the stuff and send it on to me.
Then the customs formalities and extra costs.

I'm not complaining, I'm an adult after all - I'm just questioning my judgement on a particular decision....

Carsten

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[Matchless]

Did you go there Instead of the cancelled White Webbs Museum one? I was looking forward to that

may have gone anyway, localish, but the Whitewebbs jumble Autojumble has been rescheduled for Sunday February 6th.

 

[nickk]

100 discs,anyone noticed how much they’ve gone up,especially compared to slitting discs,as a proportion I mean.

 

[bourbon]

@nickk, Watch the dates on them. I've had an out of date one explode on me, (car boot purchase)

 

[nickk]

@nickk, Watch the dates on them. I've had an out of date one explode on me, (car boot purchase)

These are all 2025.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yay.
I got toys.

Details to follow.
Enjoying food.

 

[bourbon]

I acquired a cheque, curtesy of the DVLA. for the refund of tax on my Focus, That will go to the towbar fund.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Thrust bearings, thrust washers and bearing washers, or
- expressed in accordance with standards -
axial needle roller and cage assembly AXK1024 10x24x2mm, axial bearing washer AS1024 10x24x1mm and thrust washer LS1024 10x24x2.75mm:

(Why four of each? Since I need one I naturally order two, it turns out that four is cheaper than two ... )

To be able to tighten the QCTP base body firmly without changing the adjustment:

A bit of sealant so that the oil does not run through the raising blocks and on the screws into the base cabinet and onto the floor:

A lathe dog from GDR production:

Sticker: "Engineering and Toolmaking, People-Owned Enterprise, Leipzig" - here, people-owned means state-owned, of course!
Inscription: "Only with protective ring", "FK" = don't know, "30" = up to 30mm shafts clampable.


A small reference book, without which you can not do in any case, in any workshop ... as I have learned here and elsewhere ...

A liter of bedway oil ISO68 (the similarity to our hydraulic oil Mannol ISO68 is striking and it claims also to be suitable for central lubrication and hydraulics - so probably about the same stuff) and five liters of cutting oil 100, not water-miscible, let's see ...

Have a nice evening all


Carsten

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[Lewis_RX8]

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Really need alot of "Stuff" for these lathes don't you

 

[RichardM]

Make a little cover to go over the axial to stop any swarf getting in.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Really need alot of "Stuff" for these lathes don't you

You can say that again Lewis, who would have thought?

Make a little cover to go over the axial to stop any swarf getting in.

Good point, will do. Thanks. Will first mount on the machine and see what is required.

Carsten

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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

As I said.

I got toys.

See a toy.

Complete.

One more in this set.




Maybe this will stop the grumpy person in a GL Postcode being as grumpy.

A phone for the workshop and a spare camera for MIS.

This, I was told would be of interest to me.

It was.

See, toys.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Oh, there was one more toy.

Just the one.

1950 Mamod Minor 2.

With a lot wrong with it.

Wrong burner tray/
Seized piston.

Rust.
Blown Solder joints.

But worth restoring.


Edit.
Cracked base plate.

 

[James1979]

Today I acquired this

HGVists will recognise it. About an hour prior I acquired a phone call asking could I look at a trailer as it had failed it’s pre mot brake test. Pre the mot booked in an hour from the call…..

Anyhow got this one off and new one on. Passed no issues.

Orkney HGV/PSV MOTs are a bit different. We have a tester up once every 4-6 weeks. If you fail that’s you off the road till the next time he’s up. If you can get a retest then. There is always a panic when they are up. He is up all week and I’ve been flat out.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Today I acquired this

What's left of it gives the term air brake a whole different ring ...

Carsten

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[awemawson]

Dangerous things if the spring get away !

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Dangerous things if the spring get away !

Not that a vehicle with something like that built into it isn't dangerous enough ....

It better looks like this

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired this

Orkney HGV/PSV MOTs are a bit different. We have a tester up once every 4-6 weeks. If you fail that’s you off the road till the next time he’s up. If you can get a retest then. There is always a panic when they are up. He is up all week and I’ve been flat out.

Never ceases to amaze me how rotten a brake chamber can get and still function

Bob

 

[Kayos]

Never ceases to amaze me how rotten a brake chamber can get and still function

Bob

As long as there is enough metal to hold the spring it will be fine