Rare Myford Lathe rebuilds.

[Yorkie]

What a super job they've done in regrinding those beds Colin. The capital investment in all that huge machinery must be staggering, as well as the ongoing cost of running the factory. It's quite heartening to know that such places still exist, along with the skills base. It helps put the price of the work into perspective.

Old lathes can be a money pit - one thing leads to another. I was offered a smallish one recently for under £100, but it had clearly been abused, with hammer marks here and there and several teeth missing off gears. It had lots of change-wheels and tooling, and would no doubt make a nice restoration project for anyone with time on their hands, but that person isn't me. It's going to auction and will be interesting to see what it fetches.

I have a chum who is a model engineer and runs a small engineering business from home. He tells me that for mini lathes, the ones sold by Arc Euro Trade are held in high regard, and as soon as they come into stock, they sell out immediately:

http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/...Mini-Lathe

Best of luck with the rebuild and paint job Colin!