Myford lathes are widely used in model engineering to construct replica small trains "I'd always wanted to be an engine driver," says 72-year-old Bill Hall. "And the only way I could do that was to ...

This lathe was made by Myford of Nottingham, a firm which still exists. It dates from a period where the UK still made things, we had skills, and the man in the street expected to have skills and to ...