Myford ML7

[Blackbaronfish]

4 years ago my father passed away and his workshop wasn’t disturbed until 6 months ago. His lathe was still on the bench but a broken sky lights had let in loads of rain. With the rain came some good size ivy

As a keen machinist he would have been beside him self if he had seen it. Now as a remembrance to him I have fully renovated it. 5 and a half months later it’s finished
It has taken many hours to complete it. It’s an imperial model made in 1952.
My dads imperial spanner’s came in very handy
I hope you enjoy seeing it as I did renovating it.

BBF

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[eboswan]

Well done ray the old man would be proud of you, you've done a top job there

[TenMetrePeter]

Gorgeous little lathe. Might send you a few little jobs to make for me

[Outandabout]

Looks great.
I hope you plan to use it now you have restored it.
Kevin.

[billywhizz]

well done Ray , you made a fantastic job of the renovation, your Dad would be proud of you .

[Kwaka]

Nicely done sir!

Looks like a cracking bit of kit

[Bezzer]

Top job you've made of that You can see why they've always been the first choice for loads of people in model engineering over the years.

[Blackbaronfish]

Thanks for the nice comments.
It has been a real journey.
The lathe was in a right state and to be honest almost scrap,but I knew I needed to do this.
I’m sure my dad would want it back if he was still with us

BBF

[143granville]

get to see it back to its best again well done .

[FPoole]

That is beautiful!