wow , i cannot stop watching this .this machine is insane . and you sir are a craftsman . i consider myself good with tools and hand skills , but this is great . thank u.
Thank you Steffen for your videos on the Lorch lathe. Seeing the parts in order and working has me digging through the box of things I got with my LL lathe so I can group all the parts together. Excellent video as always :- ) Norm in Arizona
Marketed as a very special model, the tiny and rare KD50 had a centre height of just 50 mm - making it the smallest of the Lorch precision bench lathes. Available in just one bed length of 400 mm, with a between centres capacity of 185 mm, the spindle had a bore of 8 mm and carried collets with a maximum through bore of 5 mm and a non-through of 7 mm. The bed of the lathe was formed into a large box-like casting behind the headstock on the back of which was built a very substantial countershaft unit. Fortunately the designer resisted the temptation to make the drive line too compact and spaced the motor a reasonable distance away from the headstock, the result being a smooth drive that worked effectively without excessive belt tension. With a 1400 rpm motor on a separate swing bracket at the back, spindle speeds of: 324, 490, 725, 1040, 1560, 2320 rpm were available. As an option a 2800 rpm motor could be fitted, doubling the speeds, whilst a few examples have been found with 2-speed motors giving twelve speeds in a much more effective range. Today, if the lathe still has its 3-phase motor, a variable-speed phase inverter would be the ideal solution and allow an owner to get the very best from the system. Nearly always found as a toolmaker's model with collets retained in the headstock by a draw bar, a screw-feed compound slide rest, screw-feed tailstock and a hand T-rest, the KD50 could also be supplied - despite its miniature proportions - for production use with lever operation of the collet closer, cross and top slide and tailstock..
Привет уважаеми господин Pahlow!Възхитен съм от възможностите на много операционния струг,а най-вече от високо професионалното Ви умение да боравите с него.Пожелавам Ви крепко здраве,нови успехи в производствения процес,много,много любов и заслужено щастие!
Wünderschön, und sehr gut hegestellt die Lorch machinen! Ich hab sie zuerst gesehen in meine 20er jaren wenn ich tätig war als Uhrenmacher! Ich finde sie sehr schön , selbst habe ich schon seit 25 jahre eine Emco compact 5! Besten dank fur das video!!
Lovely little lathe! It can do everything the big ones can do. And if someone doesn't like that..... You can pick it up and smack them over the head with it. Thanks for the fun video!
An absolutely beautiful little lathe! It looks to be extremely well made and precise. I would have loved to look over the masters shoulder who built this.
The biggest mystery I have is which manufacture to buy from, and which tools to buy first, as a lot of us have limited finances available for our hobby. Though another theory I have is to just buy the biggest lathe and mill I can afford, and then make all my own tools from that lathe and mill. I wonder what others think? Thanks for the video.
I recently purchased a Taig lathe and love it .Have a video on here of me using it for the first time ,learning reading ,talking w machinists, watch more lathe vids etc. The Taig is under $500 and made in the good old USA.
I love this video and have watched it several times. it calms me and I wish I could find a machine like that for myself.Your videos are my favorite, I would love to be able to watch you for real. I would pay 5000 american for that machine.
beautiful little lathe, did the video contain all of the attachments offered? This is the first lathe that I have seen with a floating headstock, cutting threads without a half nut, the pulley system to power the saw head, a built in index plate system. This is a great example of Swiss ingenuity and accuracy. Index Lathes, Sip Jig Bores and now the Starrag Heckert machining centers with the rotary table doubling as a VTL. Not to forget the Dixi machining centers. All excellent machinery.
Tolles Video. Die Maschine ist sehr vielseitig. Besonders gut finde ich die automatische Auskupplung der Leitspindel. Klar, dies alles kann man auch mit einer großen Drehmaschine machen, aber es ist schön anzusehen, wie diese Funktionen mit der kleinen Maschine auch möglich sind.
Ja today! "Sherline" it looks nice and answers the modern time. I have no experience with these kind of lathes. It reminds me of a "Hommel UWG". Steffen Pahlow
now thats a proper jewelers lathe!!!! Man, its got it all!!!1 But you got to spend some time getting them setup. Not a big deal cause its got all the attachments in the world
Very nice lathe. If you can't find or afford one of these and you make mostly small scale parts, then I would recommend a Sherline. They are very nice lathes for the money and can be purchased as manual machines or CNC. If you buy the manual version, they are very easily converted to CNC later if you like.
very nice lathe owned a similar old east german lathe not as good as this one it had only one slide and a folding bar to convert it into a vertical slide this machine is more stronger as it has legs that machine had a single bar very nivce lathe thanks yuri reddi
Heavy lathes prefer accuracy. I agree. But it isn‘t the issue / topic here. Would you use a heavy lathe like you suggest, if you work as watchmaker? A fixed gear is not a good advice. Consider how often do you use such a gear. Important is only the possibility changing the speeds of revolutions, the pulleys secure that. This kind of lathes were produced and delivered for / to watchmakers and precision engineers till ca. year 2000. The owners are happy to have one. Thanks Steffen Pahlow
