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I used to go to a scrape yard also Rome around and make a offer on steel, but no more. They will buy your scrape but do not want to sell,, Just like awake said.

Paul-e You could look at the The Rong Fu type mill/drill if you can deal with round column and the rack and pinyin up and down problem and you do not want a 40 inch table, a good table size is 24 inch x 8 inch or so for a home shop ad a good mill vice a good drill chuck R-8 tooling having a 1...

There is unit called the truline 88 that was made to fix the problem

Quote "There is also a small Grizzly rotary table and Boring Head kit." Your killing me.............I am in Utah.

Quote " Great deal for someone close by with a trailer. " I am wishing I lived closer, even with in driving distance....

Quote "I am thinking that I will retire the mill drill to a corner for use as a drill press and buy a real mill " Well I think drill/mills do make a very nice drill press, mount a good drill chuck and use a center finder and you can drill some accurate holes....

Hi zillerfish,,You could look at the Rong-Fu style mill/drill that awake is referring to, the good thing about them is the R8 spindle, the one I have is made by JET but lots of brand names for them.. The other day a Bridgeport mill showed up on the classified ads here for about $3000.00 USD...

Quote "One way is if the silver solder is sold by the pound for the same price several ounces of something else called silver solder, one is soft and one is hard." Quote "Refrigeration people Silver Braze, presumably because of High Pressure, Temperature and Vibration" Yes your so right silver...

Quote ""My Wife" spoke up quickly and said he will take it" Now that is a understanding Wife...

My wife also has a limit for these kind of things, and she is getting real close to that limit.{I have three lathes as of now}..

Yes photobucket made a mess out of your photos...good idea about the arbor press...

Quote "Really it is up to the OP to decide whether to buy them or retain authenticity" Yes McMaster-Carr has them (drip feed oilers} but the closest thread size to Myford British size ? is the US 1/8" pipe size, witch is close but not good enough.. Quote "One damned thing after another...

I would like replace one of the oilers on my Myford ML7 lathe. I got the lathe used and one oiler I can fix the other one is broken and not usable.. Anyone have a used oiler I could buy.?

Quote "Are there problems with ordering direct from English suppliers" Yes I think so, if your in the USA the shipping can be a killer....

In my case it was the previous heavy handed non lathe person that broke the back gear {my Myford 7 is some what aparts right now and I have not run it yet}.. I say heavy handed because there are other marks on the lathe like arc strikes {2} and spanner teeth marks plus lots of grease..??? both...

Glad to see your post Terry, about your new ML7 Myford lathe. I have had a Myford 7 for about 30 days now am cleaning mine up as well right now, my back gear is also broken {see my other posts} packrat

Hi Terry Looks like me and you are in the same boat with the broken back dear on the ML7 Myford lathe, I would like to see that youtube video about removing the back gear..The ones I have found are not clear about pressing off the gear..packrat

Quote by norm"Perhaps there is another answer and that is to buy a second hand 65 tooth 20DP(?) bull wheel from one of the numerous people who scrap Myfords." If anyone knows of used ML7 parts {gears} let me know....

Thanks, I am working on fixing or replacing back gear...yes small hole in ML7 in head stock is not good. I am thankful my South Bend 13 inch lathe has the large spindle hole. skyline1 & awake good information about the repair of teeth, I do not have the teeth that are broke but I am able to...