This unusual and very rare Myford M Type has several significant departures from the standard specification, almost certainly by the factory and possibly because it was for military use:
- cast-aluminium guards over both changewheels and headstock with the former being inferior to the standard Myford offering (though much lighter) and the latter fitting neatly to the castings and having a cut-out in its left-hand face to operate the dog-clutch engagement lever - but with the normal long flat bar used to provide and automatic disengage to the carriage drive omitted
- the apron has been modified to provide a reduction gearing between the hand-turned carriage wheel and rack and the cross slide end plate looks as though it might have been adapted from that used on the Myford 4-inch precision.