die maker founded 1934 in beeston nottinghamshire founder cecil moore headquarters mytholmroyd west yorkshire united kingdom products metal lathes number of employees 20 website www.myford.co.uk myford limited is british machine tool manufacturer originally based in beeston nottinghamshire in the united kingdom and notable for its production of metalworking lathes . 1 the original name of the company was the myford engineering company having been founded by cecil moore in 1934 . 2 3 very few changes took place to the core product since 1953 when the super 7 lathe was introduced itself an improvement of the ml 7 . 4 this model of lathe is still very 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 update 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 myford ltd continues to run from their new base in west yorkshire where lathes are still built and refurbished . beeston edit 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 edit the benchtop mill i really want . bill s best things . retrieved 2009 03 09 . noted british lathe manufacturer . myford lathes are considered by many to be among the finest home hobby lathes griffiths tony . myford lathes . retrieved 2009 03 09 . in september 1934 cecil moore founded the myford engineering company by occupying a spare room in a 5 storey lace mill in beeston chapter ignored help end of an era for model makers after loss of myford . bbc news online . 2011 07 23 . retrieved 2015 07 16 . willis mike . myford super 7 . retrieved 2009 03 09 . 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 . clark andrew j. the model engineering clearing house . retrieved 2009 03 10 . for many years myford lathes were considered as standard issue for model engineers history . myford limited . retrieved 2010 06 24 . presently headed by his grandson mr. christopher moore . final grand clearance sale . myford . archived from the original on 2011 07 13 . retrieved 2011 07 11 . this is liquidation sale 16th july 2011 17th july 2011 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 . developers turn over myfords site at chilwell pdf . beeston express 253 . 2013 09 06 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title myford & oldid 739000837 categories companies based in nottinghamshirecompanies established in 1934machine tool buildersenglish brandshidden categories cs1 errors chapter ignoreduse dmy dates from december 2015use british english from december 2015articles containing potentially dated statements from 2010all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 06 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view