Myford

Myford Limited is a British machine tool manufacturer originally based at 10-12 East Parade, Leeds, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom under its former name of L & P 240 Limited. The company is notable for its continuation of production of Myford metalworking lathes since the original company (Myford (Holdings) Ltd was wound up.[1]

Myford Ltd
TypeTool manufacturer
GenreTool and die maker
PredecessorMyford (Holdings) Ltd
Founded2011 in Leeds, West Yorkshire
FounderJonathan Oxley
Headquarters
Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
,
United Kingdom
ProductsMetal lathes
Number of employees
<20
Websitewww.myford.co.uk

Original company

The company's original name was the Myford Engineering Company, having been founded by Cecil Moore in 1934.[2] [3]

Very few changes took place to the core product after 1953 when the Super 7 lathe was introduced, itself an improvement of the ML 7.[4] This model of lathe is still widely used within the field of model engineering.[5]

Other products made by the company include ML8 wood turning lathe, 4" planer, MG12H cylindrical grinder, 254 engineers lathe and the Speed 10 lathe. Most of these are no longer in production.

As of 2010 the business was still owned by the family, and run by Moore's grandson Christopher Moore.[6] During mid-July 2011 Myford announced a "liquidation sale" stating that it would be last opportunity to buy "spares, lathes and plant equipment" from Myford themselves at the Beeston site.[7]

New company

Myford Ltd was founded by solicitor Jonathan Oxley with an original name of L & P 240 Limited. The name was changed to Myford Ltd on 26 August 2011 and continues to run from its base in West Yorkshire, where lathes are still built and refurbished.

Oxley left the company on 1 August 2011, leaving the company in the hands of the Dickinson brothers, Richard and Christian, and their mother Christine. Richard also has a machine tool supplying business, RGD Tools, based at the same premises which he started in 1992

Beeston

Ian Mills, Notts County F.C.'s statistician, worked as an electrician at Myford until 2011.[8]

In 2013 property developers M & R E submitted outline planning condition for transforming the old Myford site at Wilmot Lane in Beeston into housing.[9]

References
  1. "Certificate of Incorporation, Company name: L & P 240 Ltd". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. Griffiths, Tony. "MYFORD Lathes". Retrieved 9 March 2009. in September 1934, Cecil Moore founded the Myford Engineering Company by occupying a spare room in a 5-storey lace mill in Beeston
  3. "End of an era for model makers after loss of Myford". BBC News Online. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. Willis, Mike. "Myford Super 7". Retrieved 9 March 2009. The Super 7 was produced in 1953 as an improved version of the original Myford ML7 lathe ... and still are being made in 2005 - that is for over 50 years.
  5. Clark, Andrew J. "The Model Engineering Clearing House". Retrieved 10 March 2009. For many years Myford lathes were considered as 'standard issue' for model engineers
  6. "History". Myford Limited. Retrieved 24 June 2010. presently headed by his grandson Mr. Christopher Moore.
  7. "Final Grand Clearance Sale". Myford. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. This is liquidation sale … 16th July 2011 … 17th July 2011
  8. "Notts County FC statistician Ian Mills dies". BBC News Online. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2015. Mr Mills, who was an electrician, lost his job at Nottinghamshire-based machine tool manufacturer Myford when it went into liquidation last year. He had worked for the company for over 40 years.
  9. "Developers turn over Myfords site at Chilwell" (PDF). Beeston Express (253). 6 September 2013.
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