Once a popular accessory for the Myford 7 series lathes - and with adaptor base fittings also available for Boxford and Atlas machines - the English-made Amolco was also manufactured as a stand-alone unit with a 15" x 6" compound table. Unlike the Rodney vertical milling head, which was driven from the lathe headstock, the Amolco had a self-contained motor drive with speeds of 325, 650, 1100 and 1600 rpm. The unit was designed to bolt to the tailstock end of the lathe bed and, of course, use the lathe's cross-slide as the milling table. The 2 M.T. head, with taper-roller bearings and 6.5" of vertical movement, was fitted with a standard Myford spindle thread (1.125 X 12 t.p.i. ) that allowed the economical interchange of tooling and accessories. The head was bored through to allow the use of a draw bar and offered a maximum clearance of 8.5" between the table of an ML7 or Super 7 and the spindle nose.
Vertical travel of the head was activated by an external screw, which passed through the head casting, and the whole head assembly ran on a long gib block to ensure that its location was not lost during changes of position.