Weight of Myford Super 7 / ML7R

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

I don’t yet have the manual for the above. Can anyone tell me what the weight is (less stand)? I need to make plans to move it and I certainly don’t want to drop it.

Andrew.

[IanTParticipant @iant]

Net weight including motor – 245lbs   🙂

Regards,

 

 

IanT

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Thanks Ian,

I thought that two people would be able to shift it. But as all the folk I can co opt are geriatric. like me, a trolley and engine hoist look a better bet!

Thanks again,

Andrew.

 

 

 

[IanTParticipant @iant]

I moved mine (by myself) some 25-30 years ago but for the Sieg I purchased an engine crane.

Thinking back, I did ‘lighten’ it quite considerably by removing the motor, tailstock, covers and cross-slide. I have a vague memory of lifting it in stages (at alternate ends) up to bench level but it would most definitely be with a crane these days.   🙂

Regards,

 

IanT

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Clearly it’s top heavy and also likely to tip backwards.
If, and only if, the headstock drive belt is a split link one, removing that belt allows the whole of the motor and rear casting to come off as a single unit.
Without the motor/belt guards and tailstock, the whole thing becomes more manageable, and less susceptible to damage.

Bill

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

You can definitely take the motor and it’s mounting plate off, this makes it less back heavy

 

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Motor off, tailstock off, chuck off, compound off and if you feel like it change wheels off. id hate to think how much that lot lightens it.

[peak4Participant @peak4]

As per my previous post, provided the drive belt is a link type, you can remove the whole of the motorising assembly as a single unit.
Remove belt guards 90 & 91
The unit is then only attached by some screws, 63, and a stud 64, which is helpfully located in a slot rather than a hole.

As I recall, the left hand vertical pair, through the green holes, are fiddly to access, needing a long ¼” drive.

Hex Allen screw replacements might be easier.

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