This is a compilation of interesting sites and documents around Internet about Boley Leinen LZ4 lathes series.
After a request from Chris Maron, in this entry I report about the Boley-Leinen LZ4SB carriage stops. I would like the entry to be sufficiently detailed to allow anyone to reproduce the original stops.
Sadly, I have no cross slide stops. If you, beloved reader, have these stops, I invite you to report about them and let me know!
I should add that the stops shown here are of “ordinary” type.
The tailstock Some time ago I bought an old series Boley Leinen lever tailstock to be fitted to my lathe. This is the tailstock:
It is of the old type because it uses a split casting to lock the barrel as you can see in the picture. Leinen buid two flavors of this tailstock: one with a barrel that takes 363E collets (the 25mm collets) and other that takes the 323E collets (15mm collets).
This post is the result of analysing the lubrication requirements, data in the machine manual and availability of oils and greases. It recommends how to lubricate the Boley Leinen LZ4SB. Surely, it could be used for other Leinen lathes close enough to this.
Some months ago I bought an old Boley-Leinen collet closer. The gadget is almost complete but:
It lacks the supporting bars The ball plungers were broken The collet closer levers were broken The cosmetic was not at its best The collet closer as bought The following picture shows the collet closer assembled as usual:
Below, you can see some details of the parts. In the first picture, you can see the closer body.
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.