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* 1959 Patent - Improvements in or relating to face driving lathe centres. <ref>[http://www.wikipatents.com/gb/870232.html] Wikipatents</ref> | * 1959 Patent - Improvements in or relating to face driving lathe centres. <ref>[http://www.wikipatents.com/gb/870232.html] Wikipatents</ref> | ||
* The company, was still in business as '''Myford Ltd''', at Beeston, headed by the founder's grandson, Christopher Moore, it has its own website:[http://www.myford.com/index.htm]. However, the firm closed in 2011, and the assets were auctioned. | |||
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of Beeston, Nottingham.
- 1934 [1] The company was founded in September, by Cecil Moore, to fill a niche for small, inexpensive metalworking lathes.
- 1951 Advert. Cylindrical grinders. Precision lathes. [2]
- 1957 Patent - Improvements in belt driven change speed gears. [3]
- 1959 Patent - Improvements in or relating to face driving lathe centres. [4]
- The company, was still in business as Myford Ltd, at Beeston, headed by the founder's grandson, Christopher Moore, it has its own website:[4]. However, the firm closed in 2011, and the assets were auctioned.