Fusta i Ferro Blog

A blog about my metalworking projects. Focuses, among others, on traditional precision working techniques, fine tools, measuring devices or metalworking machines. Overhauling of high quality european machines. Enjoying workshop practices. Sometimes writing about woodworking.

Boley Leinen LZ4 lathes links compilation

July 13, 2021 in documentation and drawings

This is a compilation of interesting sites and documents around Internet about Boley Leinen LZ4 lathes series.

Slotting head tooling

July 5, 2021 in documentation and drawings

Technical instructions for slotting head work from Deckel

Make reglus drill bushings

January 17, 2021 in machines and metalworking

Because of reasons, I needed to cross drill some shafts with some weird diameters. I own an old imperial Reglus drilling jig but I didn’t have the required bushings. I decided to make some of them. This post shows how drilling bushings where made.

Wörner B13 alignment and geometry

October 14, 2020 in machines and metalworking

In this post I show the result of carrying a sequence of tests to the rebuild Wörner drilling press to check its accuracy. I took an Aciera 10 drilling machine inspection chart as a reference. Both machines are of similar size and Aciera quality is second to none.

Wörner B13 Cabinet and Electrical Wiring

September 14, 2020 in machines and metalworking

One of my projects this summer was to finish the cabinet for the Wörner B13 drill press. The work mainly consisted of cladding the steel support frame with MDF. The ultimate goal was to prepare it for the electrical wiring and a set of drawers to organize the machine’s tooling.

Wörner B13 Cabinet and Electrical Wiring

Wörner B13 mechanics finished

June 22, 2020 in machines and metalworking

This is the post that closes the mechanic works on the Wörner B13. Now remains to do some final testing, some woodworking to take profit of the supporting structure and to mount the electrical controls. These will be the next steps. There are a couple of pictures of the finished machine:

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An unusual software engineer working on dirty and greasy machines

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