And I was happy to see it leave despite being a lovely LOOKING machine. Sorry Myford owners that are happy with their lathes but that was my experience and feelings. But for my money unless I wanted to flip it I think I'd look at other options even then. Quality Lathe Milling Vertical Slide Bed Size 90 mm Length x 50 mm Width Small Vertical Milling Slide for Bench Small Lathes Can be fitted to Emco, Myford. You can always get your money back out of a Myford if it turns out to share too much of this issue with the ML7. Now if you found a Super Seven for what amounts to a give away price I'd say give it a try. Pound for pound and dollar for dollar I'm afraid I have to say that there are far better options out there. The size and need to use at least mild steel for such accessories ensures that it will be a painful process that would try the patience of a monk. But it quickly gets past its limit if you even want to make accessories for the lathe itself. As a small lathe for "table top machinists" doing steam engine kits and such and given enough patience with the small cuts that are possible I can see them working well. While a pretty thing and one I wanted to get to like my time with the ML7 left me wondering why on earth these lathes are so popular and have such a massive following. I did check and tune the play in all the gibs and bearings. 05 per pass would still lead to highly audible complaints from the machine. And while it did better on aluminium brass and cast iron anything up around. And even that amount needed care and patience with a light chip being all it would manage. But what I learned quickly was that there was no such thing as a "rough cut" since the lathe was not rigid enough to accept anything more than about. Outstanding features include a fine Headstock with hardened tapered spindle 14 Spindle Speeds (252.150 r.p.m. Perhaps the cabinet was part of the problem. The lathe in my case being perched on the Myford lower cabinet. The big issue for me on the ML7 was the lack of rigidity that led to loud and nasty chatter when cutting steel items. I realized this fairly early on and started looking around and found my Taiwan made 12x36 and happily did the upgrade. The later Super Seven dealt with some of the issues and there is something to be said for those but the ML7 never really did it for me.
MYFORD SUPER 7 LATHE SPINDLE SIZE SERIAL NUMBER
All Myford ML7 lathes included a K prefix in their serial number (other designations include the ML. But I'd agree 110% with the others that say that a 9" South Bend is easily three times the lathe that an ML7 is. 10/039 SUPER 7B 7 x 19 Lathe (short bed) 10/041 SUPER 7B 7 x 31 Lathe (long bed) 7 swing over bed 19 or 31 between centers 14 spindle speeds M42.
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They are a wondrous thing to look at and fondle. After that I dabbled on various school lathes and had access now and then to a Logan at work.
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Prior to that I'd started out with my Father's large old South Bend. An ML7 was my first lathe for my own home shop.