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What have you done today with your Austin Seven
Tony Griffiths Offline
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#4,711
12-01-2023, 02:45 PM
For what might be some helpful information, see  http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/ - this contains the bulk of the information about these little lathes.
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#4,712
12-01-2023, 02:57 PM
(12-01-2023, 02:45 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: For what might be some helpful information, see  http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/ - this contains the bulk of the information about these little lathes.
Hi Tony

These pages have been my bible over the last few years.  Interestingly my “new” ML4 has all the attributes of a very late example…… 3 1/2” centre, v pulleys, long bed but had a 7/8” spindle!  Now substituted for the 1 1/8” MT2 spindle.

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12-01-2023, 08:24 PM (This post was last modified: 24-01-2023, 02:49 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
I was about to post the same comment! It is indeed a very late example either from a batch made in 1939-1941 and would have been on this stand originally http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/img4.jpg.
It might be that a small number was assembled in 1945 but, if so, these would probably have been on the Super-de-Lux stand. http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/img5.jpg
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12-01-2023, 09:48 PM
(12-01-2023, 08:24 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: I was about to post the same comment! It is indeed a very late example either from a batch made in 1939-1941 and would have been on this stand originally http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/img4.jpg.
It might be that a small batch was assembled in 1945 but, if so, these would probably have been on the Super-de-Lux stand. http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford-ml2-ml4/img5.jpg

Hi Tony

Thanks for that info.  My stand is a quite substantial home made job that came with my old lathe.  You may also notice that the tray is from the short bed lathe not so subtly modified with a steel plate to take the long bed mountings  Smile.

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Howard
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14-01-2023, 06:03 PM
Last weekend, I had to get some stuff at a local DIY shop

   

Today, I brought a bike home

   

That's life, if you can't afford a proper car  Smile
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14-01-2023, 08:46 PM
...but that IS a proper car!
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16-01-2023, 01:36 PM
New springs and a rebuilt axle fitted to the RK this weekend. Should be on its wheels by the end of the week 

   
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#4,718
16-01-2023, 05:43 PM
Body-off respray back to the correct blue. R47s finally arrived and fitted; new springs all round, brakes being worked on and screen at the platers (etc, etc).


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16-01-2023, 05:45 PM (This post was last modified: 16-01-2023, 05:53 PM by Mike Costigan.)
Brilliant! PL now looks 'proper' again  Heart

   
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16-01-2023, 05:54 PM
Very smart, Tony, very!
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