Reverting An ML7 To Change-Wheels: Any Thoughts??

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

My various tailstock die (and tap) holders are not keyed to their shaft. It is just a case of firmly gripping the body and letting go when the thread is long enough.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

I have an ML7 that came with a full set of changewheels and a QC gearbox – for the reasons stated in the OP, I decided to convert the lathe to CNC operation and now have ELS and Mach 3 control available, which provides any thread pitch at the touch of a few buttons, also any fine feed rate that I may need. I wouldn’t go back to the faff of using changewheels.

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