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Did you try Tracy Tools in the UK? I've had good stuff from them, but not specifically MTP.

Sounds bloody expensive for those bushings. I don't remember how much i paid for mine but I remember thinking they were refreshingly cheap. And certainly cheaper than the genuine Myford parts. . I got mine from BSC who I think have a shop in Lonsdale somewhere? They were not genuine Oilite...

No need to try to make it dual guide. The later Myfords (post-71) used only the rear shear as a guide. I think Radford remachined and scraped and carried on getting the second surface to match but many others since, myford included, have just used the rear shear with perfect success. The...

Looks good. The grey seems (on screen) to look like the original. Is "guild grey" an actual color they can mix up? With four thou of wear on that front shear on this early narrow-guide model, it really would be worth your while to do the wide guide conversion at some point and use the unworn...

My son and I just got done refurbishing a 1957 ML7. An interesting project. I was going to say the pics of yours make it look like it will not need much restoration, but your later post on the 2 or 3 thou bed wear says that very clearly. Where were you measuring? I have an original Myford...

Good job indeed. You've done well - they are notoriously "testing" to get running right.

Be aware though that it is an ML10, Myford's smaller and more down-market lathe than the more common ML7 and the "deluxe" Super 7. Looks to be in very good condition though.

Very nice work there. Will be following this one with interest. I worked in a Chrysler factory back when a hemi was the hot money.

www.tapdie.com supplies .8 and .9mm taps and dies. But for .3 I think you will need to search for specialist horology suppliers.

Sounds like a good pile of gear to fill your new workshop/house with. Lots o' fun.

Interesting. Quite similar in principle to a Stirling engine, moving the fluid between hot and cooler areas to cause expansion and contraction. But in this case the fluid instead of being a gas (air) as in a Stirling, it is fluid that boils and increases pressure much more. Will also take much...

Thanks Stew. I have the drawings you posted in the thread but will send you my email incase there are any updates.

To answer the original question: I have been holding end mill cutters in the 60-year-old three-jaw chuck on my Drummond M-type "Flagellator" lathe for all my milling work for some years. Never any problem. Cutters range from 6mm to 22mm diameter, milling up to 25mm thick steel plate. It works...

I know this is an old thread, but Stew thanks for posting this. I found it after seeing mention of the ME article on another forum. I have been thinking about building a Stuart horizontal kit but baulking at the cost of the kit plus postage to the opposite end of the planet so this looks like a...

Very nice looking jobs indeed. Were the kits as expensive back then as they are now?

I heard they have new owner and have moved location from Brisbane to Canberra. Might be having some teething troubles. Or away on holidays this time of year. Are you using the new contact details off their website?

Or you could clamp the job to the faceplate using a clamp and bolt, the standard type used to clamp a job down to the milling machine table.

It works both ways, ie fins north of plate or fins south of plate -- see the Moriya plans I posted a link to earlier. I prefer the way Brian has done it, and Moriya, because the plate then acts as a heat sink to stop heat form the hot end traveling straight into the finned area of the cool end...

Looks like a nice little engine and worth persevering with. I should think the two piece crank would work OK. Seems to be done on plenty of other model engines. Silver solder should stand up to the rigors of demonstration running etc. I'm sure I've seen somewhere drawings for a four stroke...

Be careful. Stirling engines can be very addictive! And quite hard to get running sometimes. Here's a link to detailed plans for Dr Senfts "Moriya", a well proven working model. It's a table fan but the basic design can easily be laid down flat with a flywheel to make a more conventional...