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Greetings, $10 flea market find here. I could use some help authenticating it and/or dating just to satisfy my own curiosity. There is a...
OK, UK model it is. Damn the torpedoes! You have to be effin cool to have a cigar named after you!! :-)
Greetings! Here's another one. I probably overpaid for this at 45 Euro, as it's not that old or ornate, but it was calling me. My first Junghans....
I apologize if this has been covered before, but I could not find anything on this when searching for a cure. This is about the musical/tonal...
For those interested in the taper sections/sizes for the Wolf Jahn set of (maybe a dozen) fine working tips and other tools such as the d-bit...
Cheers, Dushan. I'm making up some larger diameter tapered bits, but don't have an original to pattern them after. Looks like you may have a few?...
Really? Wow. My (almost full) set of G. Boley 2's are all oiled up and in storage, so I can't measure. I had never heard of different G. Boley...
Yep, thanks. Cool about Julius Ortlieb. Another "who knew?" I was not being clear enough. The stem (not the head) of this (I think it was a #34...
G'Day to you as well, Dushan. Incredibly handy to know -- so thanks so much for posting. Thanks for the info on the other makes and metric tapers...
Ball gauges for the win! I did not even know those existed --and they're cheap enough to make (reduce one side of, and then radius both ends of...
Agreeing with using modern "production" tools to run a real service business, I'm not in the business. I'm retired, and I like to refurbish and...
Jerry, A rotating headstock? A crown in 4:13? Wow. I think Lorch or Clement did that back in the day, but they were rare. Now I get the degree...
Jerry, That's a great technique for folks with a DTI and the tools to closely copy existing tapers. Thanks for sharing it, and your photos. I...
Fooling around, I've identified the German distributors of the Leinen (etc.) pattern equipment, which is only 30 minutes east of Esslingen am...
Hi, This thread has become a go-to search result resource for folks to get info on tapered dead centers for various older horological lathes....
Makes sense. The spinoff should be faster than the dry cycle. According to instructions I found, slider A (orange wire) governs the dry cycle...
Very interesting on the various viscosities. Thanks! The hydraulic jack oil works fine for me, but I'm in Miami, though the liquid wrench is 10...
OK. So, I just got finished replacing the hydraulic fluid and bleeding out the air I accidentally introduced when I did my Vari-matic mechanical...
The following has come to light since my last post (above): The Coleman Lantern Number 0 filter funnel (legacy item available on eBay for ~$10)...
Hello, First post here, as I just found this thread, and it looks like there is some L&R V-M expertise here. If I should have started a new...
