sorry mate just seen your post with the myford lathe. Im an electrician and had a call out the other week to rewire one it had a horrible old forward reverse switch had to completely replace the controls its all ok now but wondered if you had any problems with yours
cheers mark
Nah, mine's sweet as, it's still on the original (1947!!!) Hoover motor.
Forward and reverse is set by a tumbler gear on mine