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Originally Posted by Jimsiss
You’ll be super jealous of me then, we just extended the shed to make more room as the Lathe and Mill were taking up all the room. I’ve got a Colchester Chipmaster as my lathe, I’ve still got my Super 7 but it needs a rebuild.
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Definitely! No room to extend the shed even if i could, wanted to and had the money to do it!
My old ML1 is the great grand daddy of the Super 7, that came a few years after mine. It's a bit bruised and battered from time and use and the headstock bearings are shot but i still manage passable results with it. I'm looking into converting the headstock bearings to ball bearings as the original white metal bearings are NLA and even the update kit consistinf of new phosphor bronze bearings and a new hardened shaft aren't guaranteed to fit mine - cost is also against it as i could buy a new or very good secondhand Clarke CL300 lathe for not much more and have a guarantee!
Yes, they're chalk and cheese as machines but for the amount of my use, that wouldn't be a problem.
You probably already know of this site but if not, it could come in useful for your Super 7 when you rebuild it :
http://www.lathes.co.uk/
Loads of documents for reference, parts for sale (including some new) and so on - a bit of a cyber-Aladdins Cave for a hobby machinist!