Welcome!

Advice is always available from Forum members.

Lots of Myford users on here, for advice.

If you can, find and join a local Model Engineering Club or Society.

There is one in Wolverhampton.

Members will be able to give face to face advice, and you will learn, just by hearing their conversations, or seeing their work.

If you can find someone prepared to mentor you, it will be a great help.

As they say in Suffolk, “Make haste, slowly”. Learn the basics. Bigger and better things will follow soon after as you gain experience and confidence.

IMO it is worth getting at least one book to read and use as a reference.

L H Sparey “The Amateur’s Lathe” used to be the “bible”. Others that will help, will be;

Ian Bradley “The Myford Series 7 Manual”

Stan Bray “Basic Lathework”

Harold Hall, “Lathework, A Complete Course”

A useful reference book is Tubal Cain’s “Model Engineer’s Handbook”

You will certainly find a need for a set of Zeus Charts (Still using mine from 1958!)

FWIW, don’t rush into making models. Just get used to cutting metal, tool grinding and mounting.

Tooling, and measuring equipment should be mounted as rigidly as possible.

You can learn, and gain experience by making simple tooling. Not only will you learn, but have equipment that can be used for years afterwards. They might be basic, and not things of beauty, but if they help you mounting tools, or cutting threads (And avoiding broken taps), it will be time well spent.

Howard

Welcome to the forum

H