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As it was geared directly to the leadscrew, the carriage traverse handwheel was fitted with a dial that acted as a screwcutting thread-dial indicator
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The same from first to last - the robust, set-over tailstock of the Myford ML10 - in this
case on the first roller-bearing equipped example to be produced in late 1967
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27th December 1967--first photographs of a production ML10 with the final form of the headstock belt cover with its straight lower straight edge, a rib down the centre line of the front face that ran around a rectangular spindle-speed chart and the maker's badge in place on the front face of the headstock. The apron is the production version with a thread-dial of the carriage handwheel and, across the centre section, rounded-corner rectangular section with a machined surface.
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August 1967: a pre-production model fitted with a headstock belt cover of the first type with its lower edge curved up at the back, a flat front face and the spindle-speed chart and the maker's badges yet to be fitted. The apron handwheel is the first "plain type" with an as-cast front face and lacking a "thread-indicator" dial on the carriage handwheel and machined flat surface with alignment mark
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The ML10 photographed at the January 1968 Model Engineering Exhibition ay Seymour Hall in London. Oddly, this is a complete, pre-production model with the first type of headstock belt cover (flat front face and curved lower edge at the rear; and the prototype apron. The lathe was powered and used to give demonstrations.
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The pre-production ML10 demonstrated at the Model Engineering Exhibition in 1968 - note the turnings on the floor...
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November 1977: Rodney Mini-miller attachment - publicity picture for the sales brochure
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September 1977: the first roller-bearing equipped ML10 is photographed by Tempest Photographers for the sales brochure. The lathe was manufactured from January 18th, 1978
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Another publicity picture from September 1977 of the first roller-bearing ML10
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September 1977; roller-bearing equipped ML10 showing the re-engineered headstock
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Discovered as small photographic negatives in the Myford factory Archive during 2018, the existence of the "Euro-Ten" version of the ML10 was previously unknown outside the Company. A top-of-the-range version, it was based on the long-bed Speed 10 and fitted to that model's seldom-found cabinet stand with the addition of a large splash back with tapered side plates. Instead of individual guards over the backgear and headstock and motor belts, a single and very large gas-strut supported cover was fitted this leaving, when closed, just the chuck exposed - with is, too, having a hinged guard mounted on the cover's front face.
Factory-fitted electrical wiring and safety switchgear appear to have been part of the standard equipment, this arrangement including two button-operated emergency stop buttons, one on the switch panel and another at floor level.
If the machine ever made it to market is unknown, production figures and publicity literature for this model being missing.
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