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Offline Bear

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Emco Maximat 7
« on: January 12, 2025, 02:16:18 AM »
I recently purchase an Emco Maximat 7 Lathe /Mill combo. I have been cleaning it up and doing some maintenance to it. It is now ready for some work, I hope. I did try turning some steel on it and it turned very nicely. I think I am going to like the lathe. Although the mill also runs, I have not tried any milling yet. I will have questions of any other forum member who use a Maximat 7. Here are some photos.
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Offline Roger B

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2025, 06:31:07 AM »
That looks to be well equipped  :ThumbsUp:  :ThumbsUp: Have fun  :)
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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2025, 10:00:49 AM »
Congratulations.

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2025, 11:16:25 AM »
I have had my Emcomat V8 for about 30 years now & it is still going strong. I don't have the milling attachment.
I only had 240v single phase power available, so I changed the original 3 phase motor to an VFD motor. I though the feed rate was a little course on the fine setting so when I found an electronic leadscrew (by Clough42) it was a game changer, no more changing gears just dial in your feed rate / thread pitch and off you go.
My cheap DRO readout died so installed a TouchDRO kit on it, I need to find a smaller scale for the cross slide.
I also made a chip guard for the back. I would have liked a bit more than 1.5" travel on the tailstock.

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2025, 12:04:19 PM »
I've pwned a V10P for over twenty years, and it was that old when I got it!
I fitted the blue mill at first, and built my Britannia loco using it.
Graduated several years ago to an FB2 mill attachment: a real game changer!
Fabulous lathes.
Have fun
John
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Offline Alex

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2025, 01:09:58 PM »
My used-to-me Eco Compact 8, purchased in the early '90s, is my go-to lathe.

I did put a 3-phase motor and VFD on it, which I really like.

I do have a much larger lathe, which I now use only once or twice a year now. It's too big for a lot of what I do; the Compact 8 fits my needs perfectly.

Congrats!

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2025, 02:35:36 PM »
Thank you for all the responses  :).
Ruzzi, that electronic leadscrew looks like a good modification, maybe sometime in the future.
I plan on doing some turning today, now that I finally got it "leveled" (no twist in bed).
It was difficult to "level" with the milling attachment. Is that what they mean by the 3 point mounting method, the bolt hold down, 1 under the headstock, 1 under the tail stock end and the adjustment bolt on the mill base?


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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2025, 03:34:19 PM »
Looks like a pretty decent machine, congrats!

Dave

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2025, 04:05:24 PM »
Congrats!  Looks like it's in excellent condition and with all the accessories (I guess the chucks are being cleaned?).  I see you even have the Emco dividing head which are supposed to be hard to find ($$$).

I d/l'ed the manual and was reading through it as I know nothing about these lathes but that they are supposed to be nice.  Usually a milling setup on a lathe is almost like having a 3rd nipple but this should be robust enough to do some work. You might want to carefully inspect that milling head as the one post I found online shown how it fell off onto the lathe bed while using.  I'm sure that was a bad day! The pics that were posted shown the casting suffered a crack which I would guess was from rough handling.

I'm sure this lathe will easily do the work you mentioned earlier and is far better than the other options posted.  When you dump more money into this lathe, perhaps with a DRO or ELS (great idea), you know that you have "good bones" in your existing setup and the improvements will be money well spent.
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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2025, 05:55:04 PM »
Thanks Dave and Krypto.
Krypto, No chuck came with the lathe. However, there is a Bison 1 1/2-8 threaded backplate; however, it does not screw on. I read that the 1 1/2-8 spindle thread on the Emco may be a little different than say some other lathes with the same thread. Unfortunately, the dividing head does not have the dividing plate.
As to the milling head, I need to figure out how to get the end mill holder out so that I can use the MT 2 taper.

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2025, 06:29:33 PM »
I think the spindle nose is M39 x 4mm

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Re: Emco Maximat 7
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2025, 11:35:22 PM »
I think the spindle nose is M39 x 4mm

I think the USA destined ones are 1 1/2-8. My 1 1/2-8 chucks fit fine.

 

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