Myford induction hardened beds

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Certainly die cast half nuts were made for Myford not by Myford. They got a bit rare a few years back when the dies wore out.

regards Martin

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Myford DID NOT make all the parts or accesories they sold ! Many moons ago The quick change tool posts were made by a fellow in the west country, who would go to Beeston, collect blank materials, return to his workshop, machine, and a week later head back to Beeston to deliver the finished items and collect more blanks. I bought an unused bed mounted capstan attachment from said fellow ! He told me his work had a letter stamped on as Identification. Noel.

[Nigel McBurney 1Participant @nigelmcburney1]

Until the 1970s uk industrial practice was to make a high content of a product inhouse,I worked for a subsidary of a typewriter maker,all they bought in was raw material,castings, and plastic mouldings ,though were setting up a plastic moulding shop. and the company was proud that they made the majority of components. very often other industries only bought in goods that needed a vast tooling investment or special knowledge, EG high pressure zinc and aluminium die castings,Allen screws, steel castings, Of course there were cases where some industries bought in components a lot earlier in the 20th century, the car industries generally bought in electrical components,tyres,etc alot depends on the the size of the company ,the capital available,factory space etc.I later worked for a multi national whose manufacturing practice was to " buy in "components where ever possible.

[Alan DonovanParticipant @alandonovan54394]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/04/2022 08:03:02:

Does anyone know which parts Myford made themselves from scratch? …………………..

Hello again,

With respect to the Myford lathes, it is true that some Myford (Beeston) components/assemblies were made by others, but they prided themselves in that wherever possible they would manufacture the component parts themselves.

They 'bought in' the obvious items like standard fasteners, standard bearings (ball & plain), electric motors, drive belts, paint. Castings were bought in from outside suppliers but machined by Myford. Fabrication work was undertaken externally by others, but any post fabrication machining was undertaken by Myford.

However, to pick-up on a previous post they rolled their own leadscrews (cannot remember if they rolled their own feedscrews), but they did cut all their own gears and manufactured their own ball handles. Some fasteners were made 'in house' where there was not a commercial alternative that suited the 'design intent', but these were rare. All machines were painted 'in house'.

A.

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