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    Edmonton - small part needed for lathe.

    Here's the spindle threads with 1.5 metric and 18 Whitworth.
  2. ForumFrog

    Edmonton - small part needed for lathe.

    I don't know why I didn't check in both metric and imperial. The thread form is most definitely Whitworth (yes .55*, at least according to my gauge), but the spindle is definitely in mm and the major thread diameter in in mm. See drawing below. This lathe is a tower of babel regarding measurements.
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    Edmonton - small part needed for lathe.

    Yep that's the site I was talking about. I did give it a look with my metric gauge and couldn't find something that worked half as well at 18 Whitworth. The lathe itself Is a weird combination of dimensions. Some are inherited from the Myford and others seem changed on a whim.
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    Edmonton - small part needed for lathe.

    It's a "copy" of the Myford Super 7. The main difference is in the headstock which uses opposing tapered roller bearings as opposed to the Myford's combination of brass sleeves and thrust bearings. What little information on these (basically notifying people they exist) can be found if you look...
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    Edmonton - small part needed for lathe.

    I got my first lathe: a colt-720g, took the headstock apart to clean, then realized that the adjustment nut for reassembly is MIA. I'm in a pickle and need someone to machine the nut so I can get back to learning to machine! There's absolutely no information about these lathes or the original...
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