MYFORD ML7 what is it worth?

[ptrott]

I am looking at selling my Myford ML7 and have no idea what it is really worth. I tried googling but to no avail.
It comes with quick change gearbox, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, steady, several tool posts, tool holder, boring bar, thread indicator, books & manuals and is mounted on a solid tube steel frame. Is in very good condition.
Any ideas on a 'fair' price or anyone ineterested in buying?
There are some pics at www.iinet.net.au/~ptrott/Myford%20Lathe.html
if that is any help.
Thanks,
phill.

[Razor]

Hi Phil
Not sure of a price but they are a nice lathe. Would love to drive over and pick it up but it would be too pricey for me. I am sure you won't have a problem selling - good luck.
Cheers
Ray

[rodm]

Looks like it is in excellent condition. Have a look here for an indication but yours has the gearbox, stand and is in much better condition. This one sold for $1600.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Metal-lathe-MYFORD-deceased-estate-BRISBANE_W0QQitemZ7576430319QQcategoryZ105827QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[ptrott]

Thanks Rod, I couldn't find one on Ebay when I looked, you must have the knack:)
That one looks pretty ordinary....mine is a very tidy unit with not much use and some usefull extras plus gearbox, so do you recon $2,000 would be a reasonable starting point?

Nice to see another member down this neck of the woods Razor. There are about 4 of us now I think.
You are welcome to make an offer and I will even throw in delivery:)

[rodm]

Phil
I was going to say $2,000 but didn't want to insult you if you had thought it was worth a lot more than that.

[ptrott]

Rod (and anyone else interested) I advertised it on Thursday for $2200 and it was sold by Saturday to a bloke who came 160KM to look it. I got the full price and the phone rang many more times after it sold.
They are VERY popular.

Phill.

[rodm]

Phill
You have done well and I am not surprised it sold so quickly. It was a good looking machine and I hope you don't miss it too much.

[ptrott]

You know how it is, almost always after you chuck something out or sell it a job comes up that you need it for. Luckilly I have a Chinese lathe and milling machine combo that does most things I want. It is a bit wierd though. It has no top slide (compound slide) just a cross slide on the saddle. It has a really short bed, only about 12 -14" between centres, but a massive swing. It does a great job on brake drums:-)

[SCOTTO]

Hi ptrott I was on the internet today trying to find some info on my ML7 lathe, because i would like to sell it . I googled myford ML7 lathe's and found your post on this website. My ML7 is just a stander one with some accessories. MY question is how did you sell yours so fast ? did you sell it thru a newspaper ad or on the internet? If you would let me know your secret i would apprecate it. Thank you scott

[HiString]

Scotto,

Have a look at these forums, from memory, they all have "For Sale" sections and are mainly populated by folks from your neck of the woods (unlike the other posters in this thread that inhabit the "left" side of Australia).............:

http://www.bbssystem.com/ (http://www.bbssystem.com/)

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi)

http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/ubbs/Ultimate.cgi (http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/ubbs/Ultimate.cgi)

http://www.chaski.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php (http://www.chaski.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php)

:cool:

[Dano48]

Can I ask a favour of you guys can you tell me what is the measurement of the cross slide dove tail for a Myford 7, there is one for sale on ebay, I a have an old Atlas 12"x36" and if it's the same it will save me time in trying to make one for it, the Atlas does not have provision for bolting anything to the crosslide like the Myford.
Thanks, Richard.

[SCOTTO]

i;m not sure of the question you are asking, but the length of mine is 8-1/2 in. and the width at its widest part is 2-1/8 ins. hope this helps you.

[Dano48]

This are the measurements I needed, as in the drawing, thanks but it doesn't matter now the cross slide has gone well over budget now,
Cheers.

[ptrott]

Scott.
I advertised it in the local free classifieds paper called the QUOKKA, and in an internet based Classifieds (Tradingpost) and got enquiries from both. Not much use to you in Vanc. Canada though.
Ebay seems to work very well though.

Regards,
Phill.

[China]

Can't imagine why anybody would part with an ml7 and keep a chinese lathe

[vice]

Can't imagine why anybody would part with an ml7 and keep a chinese lathe
I don't know who you are China but your a mean Bast@#d - I'll say that for you ;>)

[China]

No you don't you know me, but there is an old saying " it takes one to know one"

[Grahame Collins]

Can't imagine why anybody would part with an ml7 and keep a chinese lathe

I can!

Myfords have a piddly little throat size. Even the current ones.Great quality but this is one element of the design that severely limits it to small items.

Maybe the chinese copy, and there is gotta be one, has a larger bore chuck.

Mate has one with the gear box with no backlash on the cross slide wheel.
Very impressed, I am, but not enough to buy the current model with all the fruit and lay out $18000. You read it correctly, if what my mate yells me is correct and he is very rarely wrong in these things.

Grahame

[China]

Some people obviouslsy took my comment the wrong way I intended for it to be a reflection on build quality, I have a ml7 and I have chinese lathe the latter is no where near as good and replacement parts are expensive back gear bushes $20.00 each + freight = $60.00, and they keep failing it should have rollers. The myford has been going for 10 years with no probs I certainly agree $18000 is way to much

[Fossil]

Why would you buy bushes when you have a lathe?
I made up 12 bronze bushes for my old lathe a few years back. Took me an afternoon and $20.00 worth of stock. That's $720.00 worth of bushes by your numbers.... :eek:

I do agree that spindle bore size is not adequate on some of the older English, American and Aus, lathes. I have an old IXL Invicta which is buitifully built. The ways are spot on after 60 years. Spindle bore is 7/8" which limits the machine to smaller work, however. I do not believe that I can match the machine in skills yet though, and I have been doing this as a hobby for a good while now. I don't like chinese machines either. Waste of valuable natural resources in my book. If only they put in a little bit of extra effort, they could turn out much better machines that would last.

[rodm]

Trouble is if they do put extra quality in the Chinese lathes then it costs and they loose their market. Taiwanese lathes are better quality but they cost more and therefore target a different market than the Chinese lathes.

A micky duck toolroom lathe probably costs $30k upwards so it is unfair to compare them to the budget lathe. I am only guessing on the price based on a ML7 being $18K.

Like all things you get what you pay for and if you think about it you get a lot of lathe for a $1,000 Chinese lathe.

[Fossil]

I,m not sure that it has to be that way Rod.
I have thought about this for a long time, and I have some ideas on the subject. It would be good discuss and get different ideas on the subject.
Way OT though, so I might post the question on its own.

[China]

Fossil, the reason I have not made my own bushes is that until very recently it would have cost me valuable time as I was running a one man woodturning shop, metal turning was more of a hobby, having said that I am now semi retired and will have more time to pursue such things and will probably give it a go

[Grahame Collins]

Saw this lately a Myford 2001 model


http://www.lautard.com/latheforsale.html


I was not far off the first time Moot point probably as the lathe would be sold by now.

Grahame