Hi Guys,
Two weeks ago, I bought a Schaublin 102VM Lathe and a Schaublin 13 mill. Very happy about that because it’s a nice combination of quality machines. Both machines need restoration work and I will document the process on this forum and on youtube. It’s nice to learn from each other (and I don’t have a lot of Lathe/Mill restoration experience so learning from mistakes will be part of it, so let’s share these so others can learn from it as well).
The Lathe is running but the mill is taken completely apart by the last owner. I hope all the parts are there… The plan is to first get the lathe running with some new wiring and oil. After that I will start with the restoration of the mill.
As this is also my first post here I will shortly introduce myself. I live in the Netherlands (Groningen) and have been working with metal since I was a little kid. My grandfather was a blacksmith and my father a machinist. I worked for 6 years as an instrumentation specialist in the Dutch Aerospace Institute (NLR - DNW). But then I had a ‘small’ change of plan and now a work as a teacher in a university of sport education. The mechanical work has become more of a hobby but I plan to spend around 3 days a week working as a teacher and two days for metal work (also blacksmithing).
Bart Harkema
Two weeks ago, I bought a Schaublin 102VM Lathe and a Schaublin 13 mill. Very happy about that because it’s a nice combination of quality machines. Both machines need restoration work and I will document the process on this forum and on youtube. It’s nice to learn from each other (and I don’t have a lot of Lathe/Mill restoration experience so learning from mistakes will be part of it, so let’s share these so others can learn from it as well).
The Lathe is running but the mill is taken completely apart by the last owner. I hope all the parts are there… The plan is to first get the lathe running with some new wiring and oil. After that I will start with the restoration of the mill.
As this is also my first post here I will shortly introduce myself. I live in the Netherlands (Groningen) and have been working with metal since I was a little kid. My grandfather was a blacksmith and my father a machinist. I worked for 6 years as an instrumentation specialist in the Dutch Aerospace Institute (NLR - DNW). But then I had a ‘small’ change of plan and now a work as a teacher in a university of sport education. The mechanical work has become more of a hobby but I plan to spend around 3 days a week working as a teacher and two days for metal work (also blacksmithing).
Bart Harkema