Hello chaps,

I've just picked up an old lathe and would like to find some docmentation / info on it. Can anyone help me identify it please?
I've put a post up to the same effect on practical machinist but haven't had any joy yet.
I'm told it's German, and a search for "Germany" through the archives of Tony's site brought up a beling & lubke which looks quite similar but the handles on the apron are slightly different.

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Edited By JasonB on 01/03/2018 13:11:23

Hi all,

I got it put together today (eventually). I broke a timber lifting frame and ended up putting up part of a scaffold tower inside the garage and incrementally ratchet strapping it up to it's normal height and then bolting the legs on to the bottom of it. An engine crane would have been ideal!

I've got around 8 changewheels for it, but haven't checked the numbers yet (I did see a 127) so I'm not sure what pitches I can cut yet.

The carriage does get tight when the tailstock is off and it's moved right down to the end of the ways, so they're probably worn but if I'm spending most of my time within 6 inches of the chuck then I'm thinking it may not be an issue?

I ran it and made some chips from a scrap bolt I had laying about…at least it runs! I have a load of HSS blanks I got with it, but some of the smaller ones are lost in the toolpost and the larger bits that do actually fit the toolpost are ground miles above centreline. It's dead quiet with just the spindle running, but the tumbler is horrendously noisy when engaged in either direction, as is the powerfeed speed selector gearbox. The 3 – jaw also took both hands on the key to budge, so I took the jaws out and the spiral & the jaws are all gummed up in what looks like old dried up grease so that will need stripping and cleaning.

The half nut and, handwheel, and slides all have a lot of backlash too; I don't know if this will actually be an issue or if I can just go beyond my start point and take up the backlash to work around it?

Link to the assembled picture below; I don't know how to embed it. I'll post some pictures of the lifting arrangement later if anyone wants a laugh…

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/albums/member_photo.asp?a=47788&p=792983