Some days ago appeared in ebay a great Leinen MLZ4SB lathe to sell. The pictures in ebay also showed a manual for the lathe. This model is close to the type of my lathe. Thus, I decided to talk with the seller and to ask him if it is possible to send me a copy of the manual. People at der-gebrauchtwarenhandel, the Ebay seller, where really kind and they sent me a scan of the manual.
I found somewhere the user manual of the Klaiber WS2 and some brochures. Here they are:
Klaiber WS IIa manual (in German) Klaiber WS IIa (mit Automatik) brochure Klaiber WS IIa, examples of use
A new guest The garage has a new guest. It is a small universal tool grinder. A Klaiber WS2 maybe of the last models built by Lechler. Below, there are some pictures. As you can see the overall state is good. Finishing is original. I only appreciated a very slight wear in the table lineal bearings. You guess it: the table of this machine is supported by lineal bearings. I think this is not very usual on Klaiber machines.
I was obsessed with those beautiful optional tailstocks built by
Leinen that appear in the lathe parts catalog. An intense surveillance
in ebay has given some partial results.
I bought in german ebay a four jaws independent chuck with DIN 55022 number 4 fitting. This was not the kind of independent chuck I prefer for the Leinen lathe. I would prefered those kind of “old” chucks which are lighter than the modern ones. Having found no provider for these lighter chucks, finally I went for this one.
The chuck can be seen in this picture:
The chuck was in pretty good condition.
I posted the last info many moths ago. During this time I have been commissioned for a non-permanent job position that consumes part of my free time. This and some personal issues have mostly maintained me out of my hobbies. In a series of posts that will follow this one, I will try to detail some of the activities that I carried out during this time.
An interesting machine any workshop needs is a tool grinder. In the net it’s possible to find information about many home made tool grinders (or tool grinding gigs). Most of the designs have known names related to the design author. This blog entry is the result of collecting some of the designs to build a small tool grinder for the workshop. Any suggestion about a missing design will be considered ;-).
An old Waldmann WD 306 luminaire is added to the Boley Leinen
lathe. The luminaire is nowadays old but it is still a very good
design. Can be found at a reasonable price and, after servicing it,
make a very good value for money.
