Logan 14" Lathe Carriage Assembly
Large micrometer dials were standard on the bigger lathes but the smaller models suffered, like those on so many other makes, from dials which were too small for comfortable reading under operating conditions.
Like South Bend and Sheldon, no separate powershaft was fitted, the drive for the power sliding and surfacing being taken from the leadscrew which, being slotted along its length, turned a key inside a worm wheel which was carried on the inside face of the apron. The feeds were selected by the usual lever, moving across a sector with three indents, and engaged by a friction clutch - the long, ball-ended operating lever for which can be seen emerging from the lower, central part of the apron in the picture above.

The Logan bed  was seasoned before machining - as well as between machining operations. It was well ribbed and finish ground. For an extra charge (a tiny proportion of the lathe's cost) it could be supplied flame hardened - and hence given a greatly extended life. One wonders how many customers took advantage of this - if the number of Myford lathes so specified is anything to go by, probably far too few …………