Hi all,
Firstly Happy New Year to you all.
Has been a while since I last posted a thread,but regarding the mods on my ML10 lathe am pleased to say that things are looking good.The Newton Tesla variable speed controller conversion is now in place and what a difference,I'm so glad I took the advice offered.Superb control throughout its range,plenty of torque,smooth running,jog mode great.The company (Newton Tesla) who are very close to home were so helpful on my visit and gave me a full demonstration of the unit,I was sold after that.I was able to claw some funding back by selling the original motor on to a very satisfied person so all in all a good deal was had.
Other projects which are ongoing for the lathe are time consuming but pleasing and at completion are three DRO units which have been produced with a lot of help through an engineering friend.
They consist of a tail stock unit,cross slide unit and an 'x' 'y' carriage unit.
I will post some photos asap.
I have a problem which hopefully can be sorted on the forum.
I was very kindly given a long cross slide for the ML10 which also had the gib strip included and no feedscrew,not a problem as they are still obtainable.It is the base unit which is used to hold the top slide which is very similar to the Super 7 which I cannot source.My set up at the moment is the short cross slide with the large countersunk hole with a countersunk short arbor which attaches the top slide base.To change over to the long cross slide is not possible on this set up.Can anybody shed some light.
John