Thread: MYFORD ML7 what is it worth?

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

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-M...QQcmdZViewItem

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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.practicalmachinist.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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