Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Gil,

You will have a lot of fun with that lathe, it is capable of lots of work.  I could not see what attachments you got with it but there are lots available.  I have a Myford Super 7B, basically the same as yours it just has power crossfeed.  I have had it since 1981.  If you do not have manuals or other information there is a Myford group that has a pile of download information.  You may have to join to get access.  Here is link to the files section, there is a manual there.  https://groups.io/g/myfordlathes/files?p=name%2C%2C%2C20%2C1%2C0%2C0&jump=1

I hope you got the crazy oil gun for the lathe, it is real messy but effective.  I watched the video and it looked like you were running the spindle in reverse ie clockwise looking at the front of the chuck.  Please run it in the forward direction.  That is a threaded spindle and the chuck can spin right off and well you can guess the result on the lathe and chuck.  All it takes is a little quick start in reverse that causes the chuck to come loose and #&*% bang.

Enjoy the hours you will spend with it.

Bob