Today I acquired...........

[angellonewolf]

More built than acquired

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Looked like this 2 weeks ago

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is it me or is that front mud guard back to front ?

 

[Kayos]

is it me or is that front mud guard back to front ?

Yes, didnt get a photo once I'd spotted it, didnt think anyone would notice.....

 

[bigegg]

I soaked the bed with WD40 and then carefully scraped the rust off before a quick rub with fine scotchbrite. It is actually pretty good underneath, carriage now moves freely along the length and there is no damage to the bed.The tailstock shaft was totally seized but freed off with heatgun and oil.

I already have a complete Super 7 setup which I was thinking of stripping and restoring but it is too good to justify stripping down so the ML7 is perfect for a restoration.

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you got the tailstock?

 

[bigegg]

Nabbed it for 180 a few years back.
Only been used on travatine.

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A long time ago, the local brickyard, dating back from when they were making bricks to build the council estates in Leeds, pre ww2, was closed down.
In one of the out buildings, there were large cast iron versions of these (12" blades, I think") - about 8 of them - all just sat rusting away.
Me + my best mate decided to have away with them.
We managed about 1/2 mile down the road with the first one before we gave up. They were *very* heavy.
I still have all the blacksmith's tools from the next shed down though - I rescued them the day before the entire site was just pushed into the abandoned quarry and buried

 

[bigegg]

Yes, didnt get a photo once I'd spotted it, didnt think anyone would notice.....

Have you met us?

 

[Kayos]

Have you met us?

Yes, unfortunately......

 

[lotus_esprit_s1]

you got the tailstock?

Yep, it was just sat on the lathe and not done up so I removed it before I moved it. A quick rummage through the wooden crates next to the lathe produced seven change gears, one faceplate and two drive plates, but couldn‘t find any tooling.

 

[jonclancy]

A gift from my FIL. To join its No6, No4 and 1 Ton brothers. I’m very pleased.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

No.6 Vice as seen in vice thread

 

[johnny7]

Interesting do you have a link to it?

Hi @Kram

Sorry, I didn't see your question!

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John

 

[Lewis_RX8]

A smallish hydraulic ram from a plant fitter mate , I heard this was supposed to be decent for lathe stock will see how it goes on my mini lathe with my rather poor turning skills

 

[Kram]

A smallish hydraulic ram from a plant fitter mate , I heard this was supposed to be decent for lathe stock will see how it goes on my mini lathe with my rather poor turning skills

Hydraulic will be a good grade but the chrome can be a pain, get the tool under it and it will turn well. Next time I bandsaw I will go around with a 1mm grinding disc just to mark the cut and get through the chrome.
I bought 50kg+ of it 2 years ago but as yet I cant be arsed to chop it into usable lengths or swap the chuck over.

 

[minimutly]

Hydraulic will be a good grade but the chrome can be a pain, get the tool under it and it will turn well. Next time I bandsaw I will go around with a 1mm grinding disc just to mark the cut and get through the chrome.
I bought 50kg+ of it 2 years ago but as yet I cant be arsed to chop it into usable lengths or swap the chuck over.

You have to turn that stuff slow until you get through the chrome...

 

[Brad93]

A smallish hydraulic ram from a plant fitter mate , I heard this was supposed to be decent for lathe stock will see how it goes on my mini lathe with my rather poor turning skills

Make sure you take a decent cut to get under the chrome

 

[James1979]

What do you think they came out of? there old one was imperial and there new one is metric and the bottom dies dont fit the metric locating slots, hence why they were getting rid.

A press I think you said

Just interested in their setup. Seems quite advanced for a quarry. Most seem to like bodging stuff and that’s about it.

 

[Edward Teach]

Nabbed it for 180 a few years back.
Only been used on travatine.

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I was saying, a Rubi 400 manual cutter , that is a monster

 

[8ob]

Mainly chutes, covers and guards as well as general repairs using sheet steel. Sometimes they make steel signs in emergencies.

A guy I know that runs his own mobile welding service did some work for one of the local quarries, this was about ten years ago and he still hasn't managed to escape. Between all the hard facing, skip and conveyor repairs he is flat out, as you can imagine its an absolute hithole

Bob

 

[James1979]

A guy I know that runs his own mobile welding service did some work for one of the local quarries, this was about ten years ago and he still hasn't managed to escape. Between all the hard facing, skip and conveyor repairs he is flat out, as you can imagine its an absolute hithole

Bob

I've worked in them on and off and no more. Everything gets ruined, you get covered in dust, truck gets full of dust, when it rains the dust becomes slime.

The owners are all cut from the same cloth and want it all bodged for cheap as possible with minimum down time.

I feel for him!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I've worked in them on and off and no more. Everything gets ruined, you get covered in dust, truck gets full of dust, when it rains the dust becomes slime.

The owners are all cut from the same cloth and want it all bodged for cheap as possible with minimum down time.

I feel for him!

Been there, last job had me in and out in the quarries down here.

The issue here wasn't that the operators wanted it on the cheep. But the attitude of the workers to the equipment.

JCB, Volvo and Mitubusrhie to name 3 had workshops doing works from small to repairs to full rebuilds.

I was there weekly dropping extinguishers off, fixing CCTV re-cabling fire alarms.

 

[James1979]

Been there, last job had me in and out in the quarries down here.

The issue here wasn't that the operators wanted it on the cheep. But the attitude of the workers to the equipment.

JCB, Volvo and Mitubusrhie to name 3 had workshops doing works from small to repairs to full rebuilds.

I was there weekly dropping extinguishers off, fixing CCTV re-cabling fire alarms.

They are very hard on the gear.