Lorch & Schmidt Tailstock

[Alistair Grant 4Participant @alistairgrant4]

I am helping clear a deceased friends workshop and came across this Lorch & Schmidt lathe which I have lightly cleaned up. Although there are a few pieces missing it's the tailstock that intrigues me. I cannot find a makers name anywhere on it and it is very well made, for instance the indexing slots have hardened steel inserts to prevent wear. The body is well made and I think a commercial item. Can anyone help identify the tailstock? It isn't anywhere on Lathes website and a week of searching t'internet has turned up nothing,

[Alistair Grant 4Participant @alistairgrant4]

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

It doesn't look like a Lorch part. Possibly made here during the war years when German goods were unavailable. There were British made copies of these lathes due to their utility for instrument making.

[Alistair Grant 4Participant @alistairgrant4]

The lathe and cross slide are marked Lorch Schmidt Germany so those parts are the genuine article, just the tailstock that intrigues me. It's too well made to be something even a skilled amateur has manufactured.Thanks for the reply

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