One notable improvement was the use of a very much more robust lever assembly to engage and disengage the leadscrew dog clutch. The supporting baseplate and headstock were in cast iron and, in place of the MD65's standard 8 mm V-belts (the correct type can be ordered here), narrow 5 mm Gates type were employed - this change necessitating alterations to the changewheel drive. The Bulgarians also got in on the act with the ZMM Company offering the green-finished " Hobby 120 Sliven " - a machine based on the MD65 but with a number of significant differences including a round main bed with no flat, the carriage being stabilised by small diameter, bed-length bar to the rear. During the early 1980s the Chinese made an exact copy of the MD65, (even to painting it the same shade of yellow) - however, it can easily be distinguished from the real thing by its use of a very heavy cast-iron base-plate, poor detail finishing and a lack of standard accessories. The lathe was also made in a wood-turning version as the MD120 ( described here) - this too being branded with a variety of names including "Farner" and Al-Ko Kober. Made originally in what used to be "East Germany", by VEB Prazisionsdrehmaschinen (now, Unitech) the Hobbymat MD65 Universal (as it was known in the UK) and BFE vertical milling attachment and stand-alone miller were also marketed in the USA as part of the Prazimat range - and in parts of Europe as the Saupe & Sohn, Proxxon, Kober and Alko. Hobbymat Lathe and milling machine manuals can be ordered on-line here.Īlso available: belts, changewheels and the slow-speed attachment Hobbymat BFE Milling Machine Hobbymat Wood Lathe Prazimat Lathes Prazimat SD300 Lathes & BFE Milling MachineĪlso branded as Al-Ko Kober, Farmer, Proxxon, This web site is part of the .uk web site Machine Tool Manuals Catalogues Belts Books Accessories Hobbymat, Kober, Alko, Prazimat, Proxxon, Saupe & Sohn and VariantĮmail: t Machine Tool Archive Machine-tools Sal e & Wanted
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