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6th Oct 2013, 06:34 PM #1Golden Member
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Lorch LAS Lathe
What do people know about Lorch LAS lathes? anyone got one? I ask because my brother recently purchased one, and he is waiting on a manual. It is not setup yet, as he still needs to make a stand and get a VFD for the motor. It came with a multi fix toolpost and holders, and a full set of collets. It gets a nice write up on lathes uk. His one has a broken lever for the backgear. Photo's soon.
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7th Oct 2013, 12:01 AM #2.
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JG,
There was an old German bloke called Hans who ran a second hand book shop called Centaur Books over here. He closed shop about a decade ago which was a sad thing because he was a former instrument maker and I'd only just discovered my passion for this stuff. He had worked for the Department of Civil Aviation. I used to venture down to his shop across from the Maylands railway station and listen with fascination to stories of his earlier life. We talked about lathes and he talked about the Lorch he used. He held that lathe in the highest regard, second to none.
Your brother's LAS is only a whisker smaller than a Schaublin 65 but has a huge advantage, it can screw cut. I'm looking forward to some snap shots.
BT
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7th Oct 2013, 12:48 AM #3Most Valued Member
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Hi, I just typed in the lathe model and it appears as though you can buy manuals, etc. for it from the UK.
Kryn
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7th Oct 2013, 10:16 AM #4Golden Member
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It looks like a real nice little lathe, I confess to talking him into this one after he passed on a nice Schaublin 102-80 VM because it was too big *sigh* but admittedly it would have been a real ordeal to get it into his workshop, and this little gem is perfect for the kinds of stuff he is making (robots). I missed out in seeing in person by a few days but he sent me a couple of teaser pics.
There was a manual that was supposed to go with it but was forgotten so it is being shipped to him.
Here are some pics and a video of the broken backgear lever (at least i think thats what it is?). It looks as though the cam is split?
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15th Oct 2013, 11:16 PM #5Golden Member
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Here are some more pics of the Lorch.
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Here is what the problem was/is with the back gear lever; it turns out that it was a ball bearing on the end and it had fallen to bits, the cage was found and some other bits corroborate that story. So the repair is much simple that it might have been but the conundrum is how to get the inner bearing race off such a small shaft? any good ideas? ID of the bearing is ~4.5mm
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-Josh
PS He only has a very minimal tool kit atm.
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15th Oct 2013, 11:31 PM #6.
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A bitty armature bearing puller?
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Or maybe massage something like this to fit - Hudy Pinion Puller Slot Car 107000 | eBay
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Or grind it off very carefully with a Dremel or the like.
Or you turn up and post Matthew a more robust sleeve that fits over the inner race and has 3 or 4 grub screws located radially to engage the ball groove then he uses a more readily available puller to remove the race and sleeve simultaneously.
BT
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16th Oct 2013, 12:10 AM #7
How about heating the bearing ring up until it falls off or can be pulled off with a pair of pliers? Using a small hot pencil torch or small welding torch (even better) should make quick work of it and barely heat up the spindle. He could even keep the spindle cold with ice to increase the temperature difference and make it come off faster.
Cheers, Joe
retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....
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16th Oct 2013, 12:28 AM #9Golden Member
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Thankyou Joe/Bob, I think you're right heat will probably be the first port of call, as I know he has access to a small blow torch used for soldering, I think that will work, if not then it is on to the armature pullers (thanks Bob i could not remember what that style of puller was called) . A small puller would not go to waste though, I think he would get a worthwhile amount of use out of it.
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16th Oct 2013, 09:23 AM #10Most Valued Member
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I would clamp the main thick shaft in some wooden blocks in a vice - to avoid marking it, and then use a small cold chisel on the bearing race groove to knock it off.
As previously said, it would pay to grind a couple of facets on opposing sides to reduce metal thickness and weaken it.
Being a cast steel bearing race you can actually use a cold chisel to split/shatter it, but you may feel a bit nervous about that
You can actually get a screw up nut splitter which would probably crack it as well.
Cheers
RobThe worst that can happen is you will fail.
But at least you tried.
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16th Oct 2013, 10:19 AM #11Most Valued Member
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How about a strip of Alum and an small pair of vicegrips/slide hammer. With some heat in case there is some locking compound. It wouldnt be a super tight fit would it?
Ok something just dawned on me.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...e-img_1044.jpg
I've seen these collets before. (ring collets or thin work collets or some such)
The top row are fine, they work like any other collet.
How does the second row work?
Stuart
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16th Oct 2013, 10:20 AM #12Golden Member
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Not pulling it apart myself, I just had a thought; how do would you press a bearing back on when it is assembled. Looking at the video again the outer race of the bearing is split, I'm wondering if that is so that it can be assembled and disassembled?
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16th Oct 2013, 10:32 AM #13
I had a similar problem the other day, the top bearing on the coolant pump for the Antrac. In trying to get it off i ended up breaking the already damaged bearing (608 ZZ IIRC) and it fell to bits. I just used my big (60 or 80w) soldering iron to heat the inner race up and it almost fell off with the help of some pliers.
I take it once the bearing is on Josh it will not fit through the hole?
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