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Lorch Junior lathe slide rest info?

Hi

I'm not neccesarily into watchmaking, but I found a Lorch "Junior" watchmaker's lathe for very little money

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I want to keep it for tiny precision work or trade it towards a larger lathe (hopefully of equal quality - that liny lorch is gorgeous!) which still fits my very small (hobby) workspace.

The Lorch misses a slide rest. I understand that the increase in value of the package far exceeds the investment in a used slide, so I can go two ways: find the original slide rest, or get another one and adapt it.

I suspect that finding the original rest is probably impossible, and I know of a working slide rest, non-original, for sale here in Holland which probably has enough metal on it to be made to fit my bed, but I'd like some information about the original.

If there's anybody that has a Lorch "junior" who could provide me with info or (gasp!) pictures I would be very grateful.

I assume the bottom of the original rest to look similar to the Headstock; a ridge over which goes a small block with a straight side that fits the straight side of the slot in the bed, and an angled side that pushes the appliance to the straight side, alligning it.

But the way it looks on the picture, the bottom part of the slide rest is way too thin to accomodate the kind of excentric lever (1) that draws the block onto the headstock through bolt (2) and nut (3) -see ascii drawing below.

So the main question is : How was the slide rest originally attached to the bed? I'm not above "creative" solutions but the suggestion I got to cut a slit in the underside of the bed to access te screw from underneath is a little too much.

Thanks for any info (or any info about any info etc.)

Hans van Dongen

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Hans van Dongen
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Want a bigger one?

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Mine has no side bar to push in and align. The slot has a simple tab attached to the bottom of the slide with a Tnut on the bottom of it. On the larger versions, the slide is held in place with a knob that pulls it down. Crank your slide out, and see if there is a countersunk hole under the slide. If so, simply make a t-nut and drop in a bolt and tighten.

You could always make a split Tnut to fit the slanted side....install a dowel pin through both sides, then use a simple set screw to push them apart, which will force the flat side into the face, and tapered "gig" into its mating tapered side. An 1/8" set screw would exert enough force to hold it in place on a machine of this size.

Or..you could use a pair of tapered set screws, with the split block, drilled and tapped down the center of the split to expand and hold them apart. Hummm you could probably get by with only one screw if you machined the block to the slot close enough.

Gunner

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Gunner

Look at the bottom illus. and you will see the hand nut. What you don't see is the clamp(flat bar with a hole) across the bottom of the bed.

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wws

Ebay and others would disagree with you. You make more money by parting out your accessories than a complete package. A lathe by itself is not worth much, but a set of 50 collets would be three times the price of the lathe.

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The Baron

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