My old lathe was dismantled and stored away when I got married (18 years ago) and has remained in the same boxes, through two house moves, ever since. But in a few weeks time I hope to finally get the time to dig it out and set it up again. About ten years ago the garage roof started leaking, but it was not immediately obvious and by the time I discovered the leak the plastic crates containing all the small parts (pretty well everything other than the bed, tray and A-stands) had filled with water. At the time I dried it all off and sprayed it with oil, but I have no idea how corroded the parts will be when I am able to get to them - we'll just have to see.
Anyway, the point of this post is that it occurs to me that I don't actually know what this lathe is. I bought it from a small-add in the local paper and the seller thought it was a "long-bed Myford M4", but looking around at photos in the interwebs I don't think that's true. It's probably a Myford of some description (the word "Myford" cast into the headstock casting being the giveaway!), but that's not much help. I can't find any photos that look exactly like it, but the headstock casting looks quite like the one shown below. It has a similar four-bolt mounting which goes through a "pressed rather than cast) tray into (pressed, folder & welded rather than cast) A-shaped legs. It also has a similar "motor hanging on the back with a multi-segment belt to the spindle" layout, and plain bearings with drip-oilers.
But it's longer than that, no collet-lever orn the spindle and it has a gap down the middle of the bed, and it has a casing on the back of the headstock for a set of changable gears that drive the leadscrew. It also has a saddle with cross-slide and a compound top-slide, and a conventional tail-stock. When I manage to unpack it I'll post some photos, but does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be?
TIA,
AS