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  1. Cryoine

    ML7 Lathe

    I don't think they are the originals and the second one in the spindle needs to be changed it is what was responsible for that ticking sound, also I'm not sure about the adjustment on the lathe is correct either I had forgot to mention that the original motor will need to be professionally...
  2. Cryoine

    ML7 Lathe

    so there has been some progress the lathe cleaned up really well given the state that it was in, the dust itself protected the rest of the machine from heavy corrosion but also locked everything in place. A video of the first first run Ye Old Problems Seized Spindle Seized Tumbler...
  3. Cryoine

    ML7 Questions

    I think they might be gearbox specific, i have noted on some lathes there are two additional holes right below the headstock that in my case aren't being used. I can assume that both the lathes have these holes since one has the gearbox and the other has those holes. there is a series on YouTube...
  4. Cryoine

    ML7 Questions

    Yeah mine are on order so I'm waiting on them to arrive
  5. Cryoine

    ML7 Questions

    no i own them both, but the one without the gearbox is closer to being started than the one with the gearbox, the one with the gearbox was dropped and the tensioner bracket was broken so that will either have to be replaced or welded so the plan was to fix them both back up in the long run. In...
  6. Cryoine

    ML7 Questions

    thanks I would have completely missed that, honestly I was looking what i could salvage off this machine for the other one since I cleaned it up and it cleaned up REALLY well(dont have pics yet and i need to upload that other post), bed isn't worn at all but the hand wheel bushings worn all the...
  7. Cryoine

    ML7 Questions

    so i have two Ml7s or i suspect that i have two, the first one which is ultra dirty I have matched the serial number so i know when it was made this was the machine at the machine shop link to the project https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/ml7-lathe.7514/ the plan is to use the two...
  8. Cryoine

    ML7 Lathe

    I actually have one more to pic up, they dropped that one lol so that one has dropped drama with it, they broke the tensioner arm
  9. Cryoine

    ML7 Lathe

    I know I am committing a mortal sin by starting another project before my other project (Admirable Nelson) is completed but I moved over one of the additional Lathes that I picked up from the machine shop, a 1966-69 a Myford ML7 Lathe(I've gotten so used to typing Utilathe). Additionally I also...
  10. Cryoine

    Enco 12" rotary table

    Hello again guys, the machine shop owner is asking if I want to purchase and old rotary table that he has from what I can tell it's an enco btanded rotary table model number 73123 Apart from the I know nothing else about it would anyone happen to have some literature on this
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