9 inch face plate for a Myford

[firebird]

Hi

A short while ago I posted a question re what hole size for a 1 1/8 x 12 thread. The reason being a new face plate for my Myford ML7. I have a 7 inch face plate but allowing for clamps etc work of 5 inch is about the best it will hold. Browsing e bay I came across unmachined 9 inch face plates for £15.00 so immediately bought one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-M...&otn=1&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=4003100951554127873

First job was to mount it on the 7 inch face plate. I made 4 spacers .450 and made sure they were all equal. Then mounted the 9 inch face and clocked it central as best I could on the rough casting.



Drill through increasing to the largest drill I have then bore to size



Screw cut the thread.



Checking with an adapter I have.



When I had it somewhere near I finished with a tap



Machining the register. I took care to get this spot on.



Then face it



The 9 inch face plate screwed onto the nose



I had to take about .050 off the face to get it clean



Then cut some guide lins at .5 intervals



Finished. I have about 1.25 clearance.



RDG tools bought Myfords stock so I don't know how many of these face plates they have. At the price I would say they are well worth the money. The one I have machined easily and will be a very useful extra. As it is a blank and needs to be machined maybe it will fit other makes of lathe??

Cheers

Rich

 

[Blogwitch]

Rich,

Rather than going into the dedicated Myford site of RDG, but instead, the Myford page of the normal site, you can get some nice compatible bits.

http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/MYFORD_LATHE_USERS_NEW1.html

I purchased the 9" ready machined slotted faceplate for extending the size of my RT. Plus I can also swap it about to my lathe and other tooling that uses Myford adapters.

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=4825.msg53510#msg53510


John

 

[firebird]

John

Thats right they have some really good stuff. I like the idea of fitting the 9 inch slotted table to the rotary table, I'll give it some thought.

Cheers

Rich

 

[chuck foster]

this post comes at just the right time for me as i am thinking about making a face plate for my 9" south bend lathe 8)

the write up and the pictures will come in very handy, thanks rich. :bow:

chuck

 

[bearcar1]

Terrific short editorial with pictures showing us how you went about making a very useful attachment for your Myford. I truly enjoy viewing this kind of thread (article) as it gives a easy to follow, how-to, in chronological order from start to finish. Great job Rich, thanks for sharing.

BC1
Jim

 

[Blogwitch]

I'm very sorry Rich, I was too interested in getting my info across to comment on your post.

Very nicely shown and done Rich.

I see you have got the Myford threading sorted. Is that an HSS tap from Arc Euro? If it is, how was it?


John

 

[firebird]

Hi John

I had a bit of luck. I went to a big car restoration show at Stoneleigh 2 weeks ago. There were many stalls selling all sorts of new and used stuff and at one selling engineering goods I picked up a tap 1 1/8 x 12 for £4.00. Not sure whether its carbon or HSS but it is very sharp and cut cleanly and easily.

Cheers

Rich

 

[arnoldb]

Very nice indeed Rich Thm:

That looks like a top quality cast iron casting from the finishes you got and the swarf that came off.

And well done on the screw cutting :bow:

Kind regards, Arnold

 

[firebird]

Hi Arnold

Thankyou.

It did machine very well

This is a quote from RDG tools advert.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW CASTING OF A 9" MYFORD FACEPLATE

RECENTLEY AQUIRED FROM MYFORD

Cheers

Rich

 

[Maryak]

Rich,

Nice piece of work there :bow: :bow:

Best Regards
Bob

 

[steamer]

Yes a fine bit of work. You will find that a good faceplate is invaluable to a lathe!

:bow: :bow:

Dave