Good evening All!

Recently purchased a second super 7 minus a few bits (leadscrew,most gears,saddle/apron) for the bargain price of £275 with the vision of replacing my old sight glass headstock with the more modern one.

The bed is actually in much better condition than my current one so i have stripped the motorising assembly off so i can give it all some much needed love and eventually a repaint, i have left the headstock in place as i see no need to remove it unless anyone would advise otherwise for any reason?

I assume that my screw cutting gearbox can just be taken from my old and bolted straight onto the bed with its leadscrew and carriers?

while i have it stripped is there anything worth replacing to save mucking around at a later date?

It also came with a Myford cut off slide and lever collet holder, I don't see the cut off slide being much use to me and after some research i am astonished at the price of the MA99E collets!….£20-30 a piece…why!?

KR,

Matty

Edited By Matty Bush on 14/12/2016 22:38:01

I was quite chuffed with the price we agreed and even happier when i viewed the lathe,quite a result.I just need to decide what to do with the remaining pieces once its all built back up, i may sell to fund the mill i keep promising myself!

So its safe to assume that these collets are not manufactured anymore? is it worth the hassle to machine a few or should i sell the chuck and purchase something a bit more up to date?

KR,

Matty