Unknown Metal Lathe

[Andre02]

Hi All,

A friend of mine just bought what we think is a Euro lathe , most writings on it are gone but some writings we still can see are in Spanish.

Can you help us identify that lathe?

All I have for now is a pic of the company logo which I include here.

I hope to be able to post more pictures of the lathe asap

Thanks for your help

 

[Bill D]

Find a convenient nut or bolt to remove and see if it is metric or English.
Bill D

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

A photo of the lathe would help. One not taken in the dark.

Regards Tyrone.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Find a convenient nut or bolt to remove and see if it is metric or English.
Bill D

That only works on old stuff Bill. I remember the company I was working at changing to metric completely over one weekend in about 1973. All the bins in the stores were completely emptied of Imperial nuts and bolts etc and re-filled with metric equivalents. That’s nearly 50 years ago now. It was chaos at first but we got by.

Regards Tyrone.

 

[CAMasochism]

A photo of the lathe would help. One not taken in the dark.

Regards Tyrone.

Or from 40 feet back with 5x digital zoom.

 

[Bill D]

That only works on old stuff Bill.
The photo looks like it is in an old grimy shop with little lighting. So I assumed it was a old machine. The logo looks to be cast iron, not plastic or pot metal.
Of course my 1973 Volvo 145 was all USA fasteners, not metric. I belive Sweeden changed to right hand drive on the roads in 1967. But Volvos were always left hand steering. Did they make right hand steering cars for the UK?
Bill D

 

[DDoug]

A photo of the lathe would help. One not taken in the dark.

Regards Tyrone.

Or from 40 feet back with 5x digital zoom.

Or (in this case) one taken in a snowstorm....

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

That only works on old stuff Bill.
The photo looks like it is in an old grimy shop with little lighting. So I assumed it was a old machine. The logo looks to be cast iron, not plastic or pot metal.
Of course my 1973 Volvo 145 was all USA fasteners, not metric. I belive Sweeden changed to right hand drive on the roads in 1967. But Volvos were always left hand steering. Did they make right hand steering cars for the UK?
Bill D

Yes they did, our motorway ( freeway ? ) police forces liked “ Volvo “ estate cars because they were seriously fast.

Regards Tyrone.

 

[jim rozen]

This is obviously a JH lathe. Or maybe an HJ. They're similar.

 

[L Vanice]

This is obviously a JH lathe. Or maybe an HJ. They're similar.

Habegger (Swiss) had a JH logo, but it was different from the picture in post #1.

Habegger / Neotor Lathes – Anglo-Swiss Tools

Larry

 

[L Vanice]

That only works on old stuff Bill.
The photo looks like it is in an old grimy shop with little lighting. So I assumed it was a old machine. The logo looks to be cast iron, not plastic or pot metal.
Of course my 1973 Volvo 145 was all USA fasteners, not metric. I belive Sweeden changed to right hand drive on the roads in 1967. But Volvos were always left hand steering. Did they make right hand steering cars for the UK?
Bill D

I bought a new Volvo 164 sedan in 1969. It did indeed have mostly USA standard fasteners, and American-designed transmission and rear axle. But the German ZF brake and steering components had metric fasteners. That was when I added metric tools to my collection.

Larry

 

[Andre02]

Here are a few pictures of the said lathe.

I hope it helps identifying this bad boy.

Thanks to all for your help.

Lathe is a 20'' X 60'' capacity.

 

[TGTool]

No help with identification, but I hope the guy who designed that paint scheme pays dearly for it.

 

[MrWhoopee]

Love the ships wheel on the tailstock. The extra leverage can be helpful with big drills.

 

[Bill D]

Love the ships wheel on the tailstock. The extra leverage can be helpful with big drills.

It looks like that extra leverage has bent the tailstock spindle.
Bill D

 

[52 Ford]

Definitely a European mill. The steering wheel is on the right hand side.

Also... not very traditional. They usually have 6 or 8 spokes.

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[52 Ford]

It looks like that extra leverage has bent the tailstock spindle.
Bill D

Not bent. Offset for taper turning, of course.

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