Myford ML7 and S7 bed question

[Al MonkhouseParticipant @almonkhouse75797]

Hi, this is probably an obvious answer but I really can't find out for sure, despite searching.

Can anyone tell me if a ML7 bed will fit a Super 7? I'm talking standard length beds, grey, late 60's.

Are they a straight swap?

Thanks

[Al MonkhouseParticipant @almonkhouse75797]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Useful checklist here, Al

**LINK**

http://www.small-lathes.co.uk/Myford-Lathes/I9.htm

MichaelG.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Al,

If they are both late '60s then should be a straight swap, both having a "narrow bed"

. Both ML7 and Super 7 used narrow saddle guides until 1972, when the wide guide bed was introduced for the power cross feed Super 7

[Al MonkhouseParticipant @almonkhouse75797]

Thanks, sounds good.

[Mike CrossfieldParticipant @mikecrossfield92481]

I did a similar swap some years ago without difficulty. I seem to remember that I needed to drill and tap a new mounting position in the back of the ML7 bed for the Super 7 countershaft arm.

Mike

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