Help identyfing lathe

[AlexanderToerzs]

Dear all

I wonder if you can help me identifying my 8 mm lathe. Headstock, bed and support are completely unbranded. The person I got it from says it's a Lorch. However I could not find any pictures of a Lorch without oilers like mine. The tailstocks of my 6 mm Lorch are compatible in that they have the exact same centre height. Could it be Wolf & Jahn ?  Have you ever seen a model like this?
I thank you very much for your help and remain with all the best from Hamburg

Alex

[jdrichard]

1 hour ago, AlexanderToerzs said:

Dear all

I wonder if you can help me identifying my 8 mm lathe. Headstock, bed and support are completely unbranded. The person I got it from says it's a Lorch. However I could not find any pictures of a Lorch without oilers like mine. The tailstocks of my 6 mm Lorch are compatible in that they have the exact same centre height. Could it be Wolf & Jahn ?  Have you ever seen a model like this?
I thank you very much for your help and remain with all the best from Hamburg

Alex

I think I have one of these??

[jdrichard]

Is this the lathe

[AlexanderToerzs]

Hi JD,

Yes that looks very similar. I know somebody with a Boley Leinen so I can check if the thread of chuck is identical.

Thanks and all the best

Alex.

[nickelsilver]

To the best of my knowledge Boley & Leinen never made a Geneva pattern lathe, they always used either the WW pattern or a reduced form of that they called "Reform", which is what JD's appears to be.

 

Have a dig around Tony's site, probably has dozens of watch lathe makes listed with an immense amount of information on them.

http://www.lathes.co.uk

[AlexanderToerzs]

Thanks Nickelsilver. Tony has a 6mm Wolf Jahn which is apart from it's size identical to my model. I have now found reliably the following thread dimensions: Lorch 6,985 x 0,625 and Wolf Jahn 6,85 x 40G. I measured the thread of the chuck and it read 6,85 mm almost bang on. So it's a Wolf & Jahn. Compatible chucks with the same thread and pitch are Leinen (but not Boley & Leinen) and Bergeon. 

Thanks and greetings from Hamburg, Alex