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hello people im new to this form so if this post has anything against the rules im sorry but as i said in the title can i get some information about this grinding machine only information on the machine is the plaque that has albe-werke writing dresden

Hello all, new to the forum and general machining. I need some help identifying my late grandfathers lathe. It doesn’t have a lot of the manufacture’s stamp on it anymore. All I can gather is a watch company’s name (image below). That’s the only identifying mark I can find. The lathe still runs...

Hello! I am a total beginner when it comes to machining but it is something that I have an inexorable draw towards so I was keeping my eyes open for a cheap middling size lathe. I picked this one up in Canada on my way north to Alaska for 500$ it came with a plastic tote full of tooling and...

My grandfather was a hobby machinist and collector of pretty much any new and old tool or machine he could find. I have gotten into the hobby over the last two years, too late unfortunately as he passed away in 2014, so I missed out on alot of really good knowledge and training. Upon going...

Just purchased my first mill, noticed up on auction with only a few minutes left and I decided it was worth risking 260 Freedombucks on. I figured it would be easy to find more information on it, but my google-fu has failed me. In looking at a few other posts this might be a re-branded import...

Hi guys, I recently acquired a fairly large assortment of machine tools, including an aciera mill and a bridgeport "M" head which i'll be adapting to fit the mill, the head came with a collet chuck and one collet (the smaller one) for which i can't find any documentation. it's ~27mm at the...

hey guys , I was referred over here from another area on the forums .. I have an old drill press that I grabbed from my uncle when he passed .. he was a lathe operator ( I believe for wood turning ) but had a decent little home shop that contained many rigged and homemade setups ... years ago...

I'm assuming that since this is a Lunkenheimer that's it is something to do with steam. The top 'gizmo' is stamped Lunkenheimer Ideal No.00 The lever/pusher thingy has "1320" stamped on one of the flats of the large hex and that's it. It's been following me around for a couple of decades, and it...