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LORCH LATHES - Older Accessories
More information about Lorch Lathes is contained in various Manuals, Parts Lists and well-illustrated Sales & Technical Specification Brochures and can be purchased on-line here

NOTE: Lorch lathes were advertised using Roman numerals - but are also found stamped using decimal notation e.g. the AV1-K might be found stamped  A 6 K and the AV11-K as A 7 K

Larger lathes branded Lorch, Schmidt & Co.

LAS Precision Screwcutting and LAS, AV1-K, AV11-K, LLRGN,  AVRG, BVIRG, LLRN, AVR  &  BVIR Lathes

Lorch LAS Photographic Essay 

Sliding Headstock Screwcutting BVIPK

Lorch LL "tall-feet" Clockmakers' Lathe   

Precision Plain Lathes: LLS, LLV,LLK

Precision 50 mm Lorch KD50     

Toolmakers' Screwcutting Lathe AVI-L

Screwcutting Type AB     Precision Screwcutting Lathe BL27LZ

Precision Screwcutting Lathe B30LZS

Toolmakers' Miniature Lathes: LA, LAN, LLN & LLPN Plain and Screwcutting with Leadscrew

Lorch lathes--Newer Accessories     

Lorch lathes--Older Accessories

Larger Screwcutting Lathes D27 & BIIZ

Lorch Dividing Apparatus for Watchmakers' Lathes     

Lorch COLLETS

Lorch Watchmakers' Lathes     

Lorch "Triumph" Watchmakers' Lathe

Lorch Junior Watchmaker's Lathe   
 

Lorch Lathe Restoration   Lorch Lathe Restoration - 2

Early Lorch Model A Lathes - circa 1885 to 1920

Lorch Milling Machines

Lorch Manufacturing Programme Circa 1950


Super-fine feed attachment. This accessory was described as having a "Planetary Gear Train" - built into the large gearwheel on the end of the leadscrew.
This accessory could be retrofitted to the LLRG, LAN, AVRG, BVIRG and BIIP screwcutting and leadscrew lathes.

Dividing Head and Collet Attachment. This unit carried a 60t indexing plate
(others were available) and fitted the Vertical Slide 5a1/5

Precision Machine Vice

Vertical Slide 5a1/5 with 30 degree Swivelling Angle Plate No. 5a1/6

Simple cut-off toolslide No. 5t with twin tool holders and front and back adjustable stops.

Grinding Attachment No. 6a designed to fit on a lathe cross slide and carry a 100 mm diameter grinding wheel. The 10 mm bore spindle ran in adjustable hard-bronze bearings.

Lever-operated compound slide No. 5K with rear toolpost, adjustable stops and a 30 degree swivelling top slide


A hand-operated Lorch toolpost - designed for fine "free-hand" work

Toolpost Grinder No. 6B for fitting to a lathe cross slide.
The spindle, mounted on a swivelling arm, ran in adjustable bronze bearings and was driven from the AC motor by a V belt.

Vertical Milling Attachment No. 7 with the capacity to accept collets having 8 mm diameter shafts.
Four designs of Vertical and Horizontal Milling Attachment ( Part Nos. 7, 7
1/2, 7a and 7b ) were available to fit the standard vertical slide.

Grinding Attachment No. 6 for cross slide fitting. The 8 mm bore spindle ran in "glass-hard" steel bearings and carried an 80 mm diameter grinding wheel.

Horizontal and Vertical Milling Attachment No. 7
With the capacity to accept collets with 8 mm diameter shafts.

Milling Attachment No. 71/2 designed for both horizontal and vertical mounting. 8 mm collet capacity.

Horizontal  Milling Attachment No. 7a with geared drive and the capacity to accept collets with 10 mm diameter shafts.

Accessory No. 20 the Universal 4-jaw Independent Chuck with hardened, reversible steel jaws. With the jaws removed it could also be used as a faceplate.

Part No. 24a - a 6-station, self-indexing Capstan Head and cross slide unit.

Tailstock with twin barrels which indexed into position.

Saw table No. 25.

The superb, 6-station, self-indexing Capstan Tailstock No. 24f.


Intermediate Countershaft No. 24 (with ring-lubricated plain bearings) to drive grinding and milling spindles on the vertical and cross slides.

Countershaft  No. 53 with 200 mm grooved pulley for driving the high-speed grinding attachment No. 6.

Countershaft No. 84 designed to power the LLV-LAS, AIIP, BP and BVIP lathes.

Ball-bearing Countershaft No. 42b1/2  (Plain Bearing countershaft was Part No. 42)

Ball-bearing Countershaft No. 39a with grooved pulley 40a (for accessory drive).
The same countershaft on plain bearings was Part Number 39.




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LORCH LATHES - Older Accessories
More information about Lorch Lathes is contained in various Manuals, Parts Lists
and well-illustrated Sales & Technical Specification Brochures and can be purchased on-line here


Larger lathes branded Lorch, Schmidt & Co.

LAS Precision Screwcutting and LAS, AV1-K, AV11-K, LLRGN,  AVRG, BVIRG, LLRN, AVR  &  BVIR Lathes

Lorch LAS Photographic Essay 

Sliding Headstock Screwcutting BVIPK

Lorch LL "tall-feet" Clockmakers' Lathe   

Precision Plain Lathes: LLS, LLV,LLK

Precision 50 mm Lorch KD50     

Toolmakers' Screwcutting Lathe AVI-L

Screwcutting Type AB     Precision Screwcutting Lathe BL27LZ

Precision Screwcutting Lathe B30LZS

Toolmakers' Miniature Lathes: LA, LAN, LLN & LLPN Plain and Screwcutting with Leadscrew

Lorch lathes--Newer Accessories     

Lorch lathes--Older Accessories

Larger Screwcutting Lathes D27 & BIIZ

Lorch Dividing Apparatus for Watchmakers' Lathes     

Lorch COLLETS

Lorch Watchmakers' Lathes     

Lorch "Triumph" Watchmakers' Lathe

Lorch Junior Watchmaker's Lathe   
 

Lorch Lathe Restoration   Lorch Lathe Restoration - 2

Early Lorch Model A Lathes - circa 1885 to 1920

Lorch Milling Machines

Lorch Manufacturing Programme Circa 1950

Lorch LAS Photographic Essay

Lorch Manufacturing Programme Circa 1950