German Ehrlich lathe from the 1940s – Available for small charity donation

[lukeama123Participant @lukeama123]

Hello Everyone,

We received a call from a lady whose husband sadly passed away, leaving behind an old machine. It’s a German Ehrlich lathe from the 1940s. The lathe is located in Taunton, Somerset. She doesn’t want any money for it, but a small charity donation would be appreciated. She hopes it will go to someone who will use and value it. From the photos she sent, it appears to be in good condition — I’ve attached some here for reference.

If anyone is interested, please feel free to reply here or send us a PM.

Kind regards,
Luke
Amadeal Ltd.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Those are very good, very versatile machines – I assume this has power cross as well as long feeds, capable of left and right-hand screw-cutting (the L-N-R control is that resembling a water-tap handle).

It seems to have some spare holes in the apron though, so I might be wrong about the cross-feed.

The saddle forms a usefully-big boring-table. Though it looks as if the lead-screw does all the work on this variant, as on a Myford.

I don’t know if the adjustable saddle-stop is original but if not, it is certainly consistent with the machine generally.

If there is not an Ehrlich section on lathes.co, look under IXL.

 

I owned a similar one, ‘IXL’-badged, for some years and made some large parts on it. Unfortunately I had eventually to replace it with smaller machines, and ended up donating it to Lynton & Barnstaple Railway’s workshop.

I wish I still had it but at least its replacements together cover most of what I am likely to need.

So someone please give it a good home.

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

A fair price should be offered and not a small donation which could mean anything

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