Myford ml7

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

I have brought a myford ml7 I want to repaint it but have no idea of the colour it is like a cream colour but has a tiny of a light green can anyone help it looks like a factory colour but I can’t find it anywhere
Thanks andy

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

Colours

[HillclimberParticipant @hillclimber]

Suggest you start here….

https://www.paragonpaints.co.uk/Workshop-Machinery-Colours.html

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Or:

http://www.stationaryengineparts.com/Myford-Lathe-Rich-Cream.html

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Or even the current incarnation of Myford:

**LINK**

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

I’ve just brought a super 7 and need a lot of parts can anyone help
Thanks andy

[Robert ButlerParticipant @robertbutler92161]

Andy what are you looking for?

Robert Butler

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

There's usually plenty of Myford parts on eBay UK. Even Myford themselves post on there, but also plenty of secondhand parts. Sometimes you can get lucky on Gumtree too, but not so much.

Edited By Hopper on 08/06/2018 02:51:21

[Jon GibbsParticipant @jongibbs59756]

It's also worth checking out…

**LINK** and

**LINK**

HTH

Jon

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

ML:7 were never yellow, only Myford woodworking machines used yellow. Myford Grey is the correct colour for a ML7.

[Jon GibbsParticipant @jongibbs59756]

Posted by KWIL on 08/06/2018 10:24:33:

ML:7 were never yellow, only Myford woodworking machines used yellow. Myford Grey is the correct colour for a ML7.

Hmmm – I don't want to sound like a Golgafrinchan and a pedant….

You're right about the main colour but the gap between the ways on my old ML7 which is original (because I can't and won't be ar$ed to paint it) and the same yellow as the woodwork machines. Is mine the only one? – I doubt it.

Jon

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

Tailstock cap
Tumbler reverse lever
Tumbler reverse gears
Change gear quadrant assembly
Leadscrew
Motor platform
Countershaft arm
If anyone can help
Cheers andy

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

Forgot to say all parts for super 7
Cheers andy

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

You may want to make use of the "Wanted" section of the free classifieds both on the site and in ME/MEW

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by Andy Bailey 3 on 08/06/2018 11:49:23:
Tailstock cap
Tumbler reverse lever
Tumbler reverse gears
Change gear quadrant assembly
Leadscrew
Motor platform
Countershaft arm
If anyone can help
Cheers andy

eBay

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

You're right about the main colour but the gap between the ways on my old ML7 which is original (because I can't and won't be ar$ed to paint it) and the same yellow as the woodwork machines. Is mine the only one? – I doubt it.

Jon

The gap between the ways on my ML7 is a sort of creamy yellow colour, the main body is grey (all original).

Edited By V8Eng on 08/06/2018 12:35:05

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

I'm intrigued – how does a Super 7 go from expensive brand-new to needing that many replacement parts?

Dave

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 08/06/2018 13:25:34:

I'm intrigued – how does a Super 7 go from expensive brand-new to needing that many replacement parts?

Dave

And I am intrigued as to where the 'expensive brand new' came from?

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 08/06/2018 13:25:34:

I'm intrigued – how does a Super 7 go from expensive brand-new to needing that many replacement parts?

Dave

Andy Bailey's Super 7 may well be 40+ years old and have suffered abuse/use from many clumsy people!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

They made them in yellow for publicity publications, the last page does say grey is the standard colour

Edited By Mike Poole on 08/06/2018 18:58:26

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

Evening Geoff tried contacting you on super 7 parts listed
Iam interested my contact number 07979026200
Cheers andy

[Andy Bailey 3Participant @andybailey3]

Evening Geoff tried contacting you on super 7 parts listed
Iam interested my contact number 07979026200
Cheers andy

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by David Standing 1 on 08/06/2018 15:26:40:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 08/06/2018 13:25:34:

I'm intrigued – how does a Super 7 go from expensive brand-new to needing that many replacement parts?

Dave

And I am intrigued as to where the 'expensive brand new' came from?

Quote from BBC News 23rd July 2011 reporting old Myford's decision to stop:

'Mr Hall, secretary of the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (NSMEE), said it was a "terrible shame".

He paid £106 for his lathe – an equivalent machine would now cost between £7,000 and £8,000 – and had to wait six months before it was delivered.

"I didn't have a lot of money and I really pushed the boat out," said Mr Hall. "It was a significant expense and not really justifiable in the context of my family finances.

"But there was always a perception that a Myford machine was the Rolls Royce of small lathes."'

£7500 represents an income value of slightly less than £9000 in 2018. That's roughly one third of the average UK annual income.

Even worse if Mr Hall's lathe cost £106 in 1950. In that case its income value today would be £12790.

I'd say that's "expensive"!

Dave

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by KWIL on 08/06/2018 16:29:29:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 08/06/2018 13:25:34:

I'm intrigued – how does a Super 7 go from expensive brand-new to needing that many replacement parts?

Dave

Andy Bailey's Super 7 may well be 40+ years old and have suffered abuse/use from many clumsy people!

Yes, but it's hard to imagine clumsy people destroying the Tailstock cap, Tumbler reverse lever, Tumbler reverse gears, Change gear quadrant assembly, Leadscrew, Motor platform and Countershaft arm without damaging the rest.

I'm wondering if someone stripped the lathe down to transport it and then got interrupted. If old machines could talk they'd tell some tales!

Dave

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