The first work we do is a specific cabinet to support the drill press, to protect the electrical wiring and, to store the drill tooling. The cabinet structure is maid from steel L profile of 50mm conveniently welded. It is mounted on machine feet ans designed to be moved by using the palet jack. Below you will find some pictures of the structure and the drill press being moved on its top.

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The apron Following with the overhauling of the Leinen LZ4SB now the star is the apron. The Leinen apron is double walled and all the mechanisms run in an oil bath. It has an clever mechanism to stop the transversal and the longitudinal advances when there is too much torque. This allows to work with adjustable stops during automatic turning or facing operations. Power transmission between the feed bar and the apron is done through a worm drive placed inside the apron case.

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The work on the power hacksaw is slowly moving forward. The saw was completely disassembled and cleaned. It was really dirty, full of chips and old grease. Just to show the state, look at the cutting fluid tank absolutely full of chips. The last owner shouldn’t be very proud of it… An extremly dirty cutting fluid tank of the hacksaw After disassembling, the general state observed is good enough for a maybe 50 or 60 years old saw.

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Let’s start by refurbishing the tailstock, which seems to be in pretty good condition. The tailstock is designed in such a way that its quill remains fully supported despite its position. It’s a typical construction of some precision machines. The tailstock is fixed to the bed using a lever that acts on a cam lock. The quill is locked by a usual half-moon clamps. The fit of the quill is very good, especially in the first part of the displacement.

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The contractor’s cabinet saw with sliding table S250 —made in Italy— was bought to the woodworking tools trader Miquel Martínez almost as scrap. The seller was really fair and honest and never tryed to hide the real problems of the machine. However, I was heavily interested in this given its dimensions and overall buildin quality. Moving the machine at home was done by the seller itself. This machine is mainly built as a sturdy steel plate cabinet that supports a cast iron top where the 250mm saw tilting mechanisms are attached.

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