It's not a feature on the ML7 or Super 7

Roy

eg one rather elaborate solution by J A Radford. His Improvements & Accessories for your Lathe is worth reading for any Myford 7 owner.

The Myford doesn't even come with a saddle stop as standard, in my view an essential feature.

Indeed it is strange that such a useful feature is absent from virtually all lathes apart from the old Drummond design. And when mentioning a saddle stop that few lathes apart from the Boxford/SouthBend ever have the slipping clutch to prevent disaster when a numpty uses a saddle stop.
Then few industrial lathes have the quick cross slide retract of the Holbrook.

However the simplest remedy is to add an electrical switch linked to your NVR relay.

I enjoyed a Drummond B 1920 for many years only the second owner.I own a small bore Myford and a large bore Myford

and I do miss the cut off on the drummond and think it was an ommision on Myfords part as they continued making the remaining Drummond lathes.When I advertised the Drummond for sale I got no takers and had to scrap a perfectley good lathe for 20GBP.

Frank

You'll never regret hanging onto an M series

It's a lot of lathe in a small space, which is why the MOD used them

Use it for roughing out work if its knackered and the ML7 to finish off

simples

Edited By Ady1 on 14/11/2021 13:29:21