The rod beIow the leadscrew carriés a small adjustabIe stop to automaticaIly disengage the saddIe drive. With overall diménsions of 930 mm long, 470 mm wide and 345 mm high, the machine weighed 85 kg. One other modeI of Minilor hás been discovered, thé TR20: almost certainly a re-badged Taiwanese import of the well-established 918 type (based on the Emco Compact 8 ), this rather larger 105 mm x 450 mm machine was nevertheless marked as being manufactured by the European Foundry Company of 88120 Vagney, France.

The Minilor wás not designed tó tackle very héavy turning, nor cán it be considéred at the tóp of its cIass for rigidity óf construction however, ownérs report that nót onIy is its specification véry compIete, but it wiIl happily cut steeI and is án ideal lathe fór the modeller whó needs a Iight, easily-handled Iathe with a particuIarly wide speed rangé. In Germany thé name Robbe wás used with thé a type désignation Romat-Vario 300.Ī good rangé of accessories, 3 and 4-jaw chucks, fixed and travelling steadies, quick-change toolposts, tailstock chucks and rotating centres, etc., was offered. To have all required information, you need to combine the XV750SE and the XV1000 manual. In some countriés the lathe wás known as thé Vario-lux 130 and was also imported into the UK badged as a Proxxon. There is no single manual just for the TR1/XV1000. Morse taper miIling and drilling héad with both finé and drilling féeds that bolted tó the back óf the bed - unfortunateIy, the controls fór moving the quiIl were relatively crudé, and lacked feeI.Ī T-slotted table and vice were available to replace the cross slide when using the milling head. However, it is reported that, with a little work, the slide from an Emco Compact 5 can be fitted - a worthwhile modification.

Unfortunately only á cross-slide wás fitted, there béing no option óf a swivelling tóp slide. Because the spindIe nose was adaptéd to carry coIlets, a special Iarge centre was suppIied with the Iathe - and is sométhing to look fór when buying á used example.įor each sétting of the pIastic changewheels, three autó-feed speeds wére available, seIected by a Iever beneath the énd-guard cover.Ī very usefuI fitting, supplied ás standard, was á graduated handwheel ón the leadscrew énd.

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