Beginners book

I thought I remembered someone mentioning a good book/guide for using a myford lathe? Looking for something that will explain everything as a beginner and some step by step projects to aid me building my confidence.

The Amateurs Lathe by Lawrence Sparey is still one of my favourites, there are plenty of books for the introduction of the lathe to the beginner, some are general and some are focused on one class of lathe. Ian Bradley has the Myford lathe manual. There are hundreds of YouTube presentations which can be more enlightening than a book. Harold Hall has posted some videos of his designs and Clickspring has an excellent set of videos, well worth a look.

Mike

+1 on Sparey's book "The Amateur's Lathe" as a good starting point.

How to Run a Lathe by South Bend Lathe Works is available on the net for free.

Curtis,

Have got a copy of the official Myford handbook for your particular model? They can be downloaded for free as PDFs

Sparey's book is very good but rather dated only really covering the original ML7 with nothing about the Super 7 or ML10 models which did not exist when the book was written.

Ian Bradley's Myford series & Manual is very good and covers the Super well.

Probably the best introduction to turning for beginner's is Using the Small Lathe by Len Mason - nothing about Myford lathes but good step -by- step details and instruction about getting the best from any small lathe.

Look on YouTube for videos by the Geordie with a Boxford I cannot recall his name but he is spot on with his advice and is very entertaining.

His name is John and is referred to a "Doubleboost" start by looking a setting a 4jaw chuck which is very easy to understand.

+1 on Spareys "The Amateurs Lathe", less than a fiver too

Hi Ady

Under a fiver, did you buy that recently?. The cheapest I could find was click and collect at W H Smiths £6.26.

Steve

+1

Rod

Try Abe books

Currently there are a couple on Ebay (Buy it Now) for £2.79 inc UK Postage

Dave

Thanks for the pointer Dave. Damn, I should have gone for ebay World of Books for £6.26 delivered. I just ordered from W H Smith for £6.26 and have to collect. Oh well, it's done now. I did not fancy those £2.79 second hand ones though.
Steve