วีดีโอ

Cheers, glad you found it usefull.

@@bruceang82 hope you find it useful, cheers for watching

@@drmisfit Thanks for watching, hope your build goes well and you have fun. I would always say a myford 7 if your funds will allow, always reliable and easy to get hold of parts and accessories. You do pay a bit more than other latches but it is worth it in the end. Where abouts are you based?

I haven’t purchased the kit yet keep looking at videos I would love to try and build something like this and run it off steam , from what I can see a milling machine is a must as well , I was an apprentice fitter welder when I left school but never learned any machinists skills but TH-cam is a god send for anything these days I’m in Norfolk, by the way have you made a boiler for yours ? Regards Peter

@drmisfit the s50 is a fantastic one to learn a lot of skills on. A milling machine is not a must to build a s50 you can use a vertical slide(another accessory easily got for the myford) but the mill would make life alot easier and will come in for lots of jobs on other projects, it would also do your drilling so 2in1. As for the boiler I haven't got one completed yet. If I here of anything out your way I will let you know.

Morning, when checking this to set the lathe the thread angle of the regulator was 60 thats why I think it was not fitting, I think the regulator was machined wrong in the first place, he had it for years and no idea of make etc. He said it was always a bit tight! Cheers for your comment.

Yep the ML7 is a fantastic machine but the Super 7 is a well thought out upgrade, mainly as you said for convenience of use but also in other areas like the head bearings, a huge leap forward. Thanks

Hi thanks for the question, I'm not at the machines to measure this but going off memory they both have a MT2 taper but the Myford is just under 5/8" and the Boxford is around 3/4" maybe a bit over, cheers.

Thanks a lot, I'm glad you found it of help. The S50 is a brilliant learning tool, lots of different methods and skills involved you will enjoy every step. Just don't rush and plan every step to make it "easy" and do as much in one set up as possible to save time and to get all sizes spot on. Check my videos for odd bits that I alter from the plans, mainly the sole plate to the cylinder holes and more than anything enjoy. Let me know how you get on. Cheers

Yep was having problems with that camera, cheers, sorted now, the only time now is when I forget. Thanks alot.

@@mattsbitsnbobsworkshop thanks for the video. Good info. I hope to have some sort of index adapter. All these specific videos are very important to passing knowledge. The machining community thanks you for that too! Since I'm in the community, there you have it. Cheers

@@billgilbride7972 Thank you so much, yes the hope is that it helps someone like yourself in the first place and also the collective community can share other things that are not being taught, like going to the moon no one will know how to do it without passing it on. Cheers

If you have a look around on the internet I'm sure they will be on there, as one comment says below they found one on Ebay, cheers.

Howdo, it's a guy I know who is slowly down sizing due to health reasons, I've had a few bits off him, Harrison mill etc. Where in the world are you?

Don't quote me on this but I'm sure he covers it in one of his books and I remember talking about it briefly with him years ago and it goes like this. Saves wieght, more aero, much easier when you have a flat. (also to put into a car). Other companies buy parts of the shelf, makes a lot of sense (not always whats best, sometimes it is) Mike made this originally for him and Mr Pegg as one offs he made them better for what ever reason then they took it into production and kept the design. As you say if it's for racing, well at the time that's what they were for, hope this help and thanks for watching.

hmm thats a good one let me have a think and get back to you.

Thanks a lot, it's nearly there.

@@columjevens4612 cheers, yep only takes a few seconds.

Cheers for that, yep they can be annoying more so when they split like mine did, any makes you have found work well?

@@mattsbitsnbobsworkshop I use medical nitrile gloves that are accelerator free when operating machinery. Thick rubber nitrile gloves when cleaning and removing swarf. Sometimes regular vinyl or latex gloves for short duration work.

Cheers, yep it's the medical ones I had on but will look in to the others you mentioned, thanks.

Thanks a lot, the most painful bit was when the doctor stuck a needle in several times without anaesthetic.

@@mattsbitsnbobsworkshopyes, but the feeling when the pressure drops is also nice :-)

@@TorteTS Yep the next night at 3 am I did it myself with nail clippers as the doctor didn't get anything out!!!! Then it was nice lol

@@paulmorrey4298 no worries, thanks for watching.

Hi thanks for watching and you will love making the S50, let us know how you get on. Looks like MEW have changed the location, try this link and change the 1 at the end to 2 or 3 or 4 etc to find what you need, cheers www.model-engineer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/documents/sally-1.pdf Please support the MEW if you can

Let me have a look into it cheers

Cheers Rich glad they are just the job 😉

No worries

Glad it helped

He is not admitting defeat easily, it's not helping me and his son but we are doing our best, I've took some and found good homes for other stuff, keep watching more to follow.

Oh I plan to, cheers my friend.

Thank you, I have been told they are fitted and music fills the air. Cheers

No plans, yes a bit on the fly, a bit in my head, built from scrap for a job I was doing at the time, then it morphed twice. The other reason no plans is to make it fit your lathe and your requirements, there is an article in MEW number 327, hope you have a look.

Cheers Paul

Cheers Norm, let us know how you get on.

Thanks a lot, cheers for watching.

It's funny in my neck of the woods they have always (as far as I know) been a topslide, I don't know if it was someone local who brought it back from the States or read a book, but locals always say topslide but down the road it's compound. I have used both in other videos, just to make it worse. Cheers

My other half commented the other day about them, saying "Even I couldn't mess that up." Bet she could, haha. Yep I agree very user friendly.

Thanks for the info, did'nt realise the first, but no surprise cos the number of clones and copies proves they got somert right. Cheers

@@mattsbitsnbobsworkshop Colchester's best small lathe was the Chipmaster. These lathes were built mostly from parts from Students. The way Colchester did this was through their quality control system. Parts of close tolerance were specifically selected for use in the construction of the Chipmaster. I owned a second hand one of these machines for 20 years. A very friendly and accurate lathe to use.

@@haroldpearson6025 I looked at a chipmaster many moons ago but did'nt get on with it so went down the myford road, not sure if it may have been just that one but this student feels better, maybe I got a good one? But like you I know people who love the chipmaster, swings and roundabouts.

Howdo, yep grew up about 10 miles down the road from him, I see his old landrover quite often having some work done at a garage just around the corner. Thanks for watching from Alaska. Cheers

Cheers

They did'nt make it easy, the Mk1, Mk2, Mk1.5, the roundhead the square head the 1800!!!!

Thanks so much Mike for a really nice comment. Good luck and let me know how you get on, one addition add a ball to the end of the rod to make it a bit more accurate, cheers for watching.

Cheers Nick, one reason I am trying to help him on here, people watching this will understand so hoping to find it a good home.

In Lancashire, just outside Preston, Cheers

well if you want to price shipping lol

Cheers for that, I hope I look that good at that age, lol

Only you can answer that one, are they what you want? Looks, performance, price etc etc or would a modern set be better with all the benefits they have? Good luck, let us know how you get on and thanks for watching.

It's mainly for show but in relation to the volume of water there is very little surface area for the heat to escape compared with a radiator in a car so it is probably for the best, cheers for watching.

Interesting! Never had the fortune of handling nice old equipment myself but you’ve some nice videos!

@@MyLinguineThanks

Cheers Andrew, I'm glad to have worked on it and got it ready for the show season, I took the volume down a lot on the video, it's a bit loud!!

Cheers, yep I use an allen key for a while but always ended up using the allen key for something else so was never there but the hex bar doesn't get used for owt ele so is always (!!!) on the lathe waiting. Thanks for watching.

Cheers, hope it helps you.

HAHA yep normally the vans parked right behind. Should have a video of it running soon, cheers

Cheers, thanks for watching

Not sure but they were used for jewellery for years so in that range I would think, cheers for watching.

Figers crossed lol I've used them but not for any length of time like yourself but they do seem to be sorted in terms of usability etc. Cheers and when I've got it all set up I hope to prove you right.