Anybody Ever Run an Oerlikon Engine Lathe?

[GregSY]

So you DO reverse the spindle if you want to spindle to run in reverse.

What the seller is talking about is unrelated to the spindle...he's talking about the stuff that runs off the leadscrew and how the carriage feed direction is changed.

The seller is obviously proud of that lathe....no one on Earth would pay $45K for a lathe of that size and shape unless it were the last one on Earth. You can buy a hundred lathes in better shape for less. I like the lathe, but...

Let's not forget, too, that parts would be all but unavailable and anything that broke would need to be made by you using you other lathe....

 

[Peter S]

The lathes are good, a fair bit like a Mauser ( also into weapons)
Mark

Mark,
You might be thinking of Meuser? Not related to the armament company as far as I know.

I have used a couple of smaller Meuser lathes and they were nothing special, in fact I didn't like them at all.

 

[Garwood]

So you DO reverse the spindle if you want to spindle to run in reverse.

What the seller is talking about is unrelated to the spindle...he's talking about the stuff that runs off the leadscrew and how the carriage feed direction is changed.

The seller is obviously proud of that lathe....no one on Earth would pay $45K for a lathe of that size and shape unless it were the last one on Earth. You can buy a hundred lathes in better shape for less. I like the lathe, but...

Let's not forget, too, that parts would be all but unavailable and anything that broke would need to be made by you using you other lathe....

You can buy a used top shelf CNC lathe of the same capacity, but magnitudes more capable, useful, accurate, etc.

I feel we have come to a time in history where the folks with the majority of the machine tool spending power also speak G-code as a primary language.

If you have room for a lathe like that you also have room for a nice Mori-Seiki TL40 or Mazak M4.

 

[boslab]

Dad may well have been wrong on origin, he seemed to think Sweden or Norway ish, he was in the British army up the scapa flow where the British fleet parked ships ,
Though everyone in my family served in the army or navy, his dad was Royal Marines, misspelled Mauser sorry, the lathe people made stuff for big guns I was told, however hearsay’s not admissible so I stand corrected, thank you, ( the meuser or whatever in work was quite good, hell of a range on the gearbox!)
Heavy was craven or Nile’s, 1” cuts were easy but the floor shook a bit ( vibration through your feet, you knew it was working!)

 

[guythatbrews]

Dad may well have been wrong on origin, he seemed to think Sweden or Norway ish, he was in the British army up the scapa flow where the British fleet parked ships ,
Though everyone in my family served in the army or navy, his dad was Royal Marines, misspelled Mauser sorry, the lathe people made stuff for big guns I was told, however hearsay’s not admissible so I stand corrected, thank you, ( the meuser or whatever in work was quite good, hell of a range on the gearbox!)
Heavy was craven or Nile’s, 1” cuts were easy but the floor shook a bit ( vibration through your feet, you knew it was working!)

From the little bit of reading I've done upon seeing this lathe.

The Oerlikon guns were made in north central Sweden in the Oerlikon quarter of Zurich.

Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was started there in 1876 and they made all sorts of stuff. Guns, locomotives, and maybe this lathe, too.

Plans for the oerlikon 20mm were smuggled into England during WW2 so the guns could be made there. The gun your dad fired may have been made somewherw in England. Hats off to him by the way.

 

[Peter S]

The Oerlikon guns were made in north central Sweden Switzerland in the Oerlikon quarter of Zurich.

The 20mm Oerlikon were made in Switzerland, but also in other countries.

The Bofors were a Swedish gun but made in other countries.

It is not unusual to see WW2 Oerlikon and Bofors outside RSA buildings (The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association) here in NZ. Quite a few larger enemy guns also, brought back to NZ after WW1.

Oerlikon featured in the news in recent years, I seem to recall on bribery charges re. weapons sales.

 

[guythatbrews]

Likewise, the Bofors were a Swedish gun but made in other countries.

It is not unusual to see Oerlikon and Bofors outside RSA buildings (The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association) here in NZ. Quite a few larger enemy guns also, brought back to NZ after WW1.

Doh! Switzerland!

 

[guythatbrews]

Hey it's sale day. I watched this ebay lathe and got an offer for $10,000 off. So now this beast can be yours for the low, low price of 35K!

 

[Garwood]

Hey it's sale day. I watched this ebay lathe and got an offer for $10,000 off. So now this beast can be yours for the low, low price of 35K!

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