Myford question

It is certainly on my ML7R 1979 model

The ML7R is essentially an ML7 saddle/cross slide/topslide running on an ML7 bed with Super Y head and tailstocks.

To all intents and purposes, the leadscrew/saddle/feed nut should be very similar to your 1964 machine.

hth

Bob

1964 != 1946 :-)

Regards Mark Rand RTFM

I tried looking a bit harder but didn't find anything until I found a picture of an "M-class" lathe for sale on

This was the type I had (although a cleaner, actually green example). The mechanism I am referring to is the swinging horizontal rectangular bar below the leadscrew.

The reason it is of interest is that I am looking at current features with a view to possibly obtaining a lathe again. My previous example was an ex-school one and "well worn". I don't know whether it might have been restoreable but it went for scrap eventually.

I cannot comment on the Myford 7 series, but I wondered if you meant the "M" type when I read your first post. There are a lot of "M" types still around doing good work, and some people prefer it to the 7 series. They frequently come up on eBay at pretty good prices, though in a whole spectrum of conditions, as you might expect...

If you search Yahoo Groups for "drummondlathe" you will find a fairly active group of 600 or so members.

If you're interested, look for one with a reasonable set of changewheels. The number one question on the group seems to be: where can I get changewheels? With regard to other spares, it's a lathe, so you make your own. There is a good (incomplete but growing) set of drawings on the group's website - the trick is to have a quorum of parts so that you can make the rest. Or access to another lathe...

- Brian

I need to learn to read the posts more carefully DoH!

ML7R lathes do NOT have a auto disconnect feature. Apologies

I'll crawl back under my stone now!

Bob

Thanks for the info. I hadn't realised the M-type had such a history.