Questions about a Super 7 bed.

[caskwith]

I have come into a bed for a super 7. Firstly is Myford still giving out information on serial numbers now that they are owned by RDG? I had some helpful info a few years back but have not had any delaing since the buyout.
Also does anyone know the approximate vaue of a bed in good condition? I have no intention to sell as I want it as a spare so I can make modifications to the bed on my lathe and still be able to restore to factory conditions if needed but should things change it would be nice to know a value if I need to raise funds. The bed appears to be in very good condition and since there is still original paint covered the foot mounting holes I would say it is unused though it has aquired a few small dings and scratches from storage/transport over the years. Nothing that would cuase any problems though and certainly far better than any second hand lathe bed I have seen.

[caskwith]

Anyone?

[John Stevenson]

You are not going to like this but the value is scrap value or just above unless you can get a buyer.
Reason I say this is a guy called Jim Marshall buys Myfords to strip and sell the spares but no one wants beds and too heavy to ship.

I bought 80 beds off him to see if I could sell them to Myfords for reclaiming, Myfords didn't want to know, they had a surplus of beds based on how many they were producing. The new Myfords [ RDG ] aren't producing and they still have this surplus of beds.

Finished all scrapping all 80.

[caskwith]

That isn't a problem, like I said in the original post my intention is not to sell I just want to have the bits on hand should I need to sell my lathe as the modifications made to the bed for fitting DRO's etc may put some people off, having a spare bed should help me sell the lathe at a fair price (I hope  )

Do you mind me asking what scrap price was for a bed? I have no way to weigh something of this size.