Myford spindle information

[retailer]

I may be wrong but I'm sure I recall seeing somewhere that the Myford spindle thread is Admiralty not Whitworth. This web site is a good reference site for thread info.

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bolo/workshop/thread.html

 

[BaronJ]

Hi Guys,

Myford spindle nose details.

 

[goldstar31]

I may be wrong but I'm sure I recall seeing somewhere that the Myford spindle thread is Admiralty not Whitworth. This web site is a good reference site for thread info.

Somewhat tenuously and timidly, May I disagree?

Drummond Brothers- which was taken over by Myford had 'an Admiralty pattern' lathe.
Whether Myford actually made these lathes for sale to the lords of Admiralty is not known.

The 'noses' on the two lathes are very different.

 

[RonW]

Thanks Goldstar31. Better late than never. As reported earlier I now seem to have "mastered" making these back-plates etc having now produced at least four variants for different projects. Thanks for the help.
RonW