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kars
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Help wanted. Does anybody knows who made this Lathe?

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Hello People.

Help wanted! i have bought a lathe and i am really happy with it. but for now i think its a rare one. on the forum i saw quit similar lathes but not this one. for what i now is that its a production machine for second or finish the products. its in all working condition. after looking i found what company it made, is there some 1 how can tell me more about the company and of course for this lathe.

its a: Zelenda ZO 100. please see pictures. Cant find any information about it on the web.

please let me now if somebody got information about it.
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You could try contacting these people:

http://www.zelenda.com/
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Looks to be in good condition but, almost useless for general lathe work.Very specialized machine!
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John Hasler wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:37 pm You could try contacting these people:

http://www.zelenda.com/
That company has no relation to Zelenda lathes.
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I have a zelenda UZ4 lathe and I've found little information about them.
They're Czech and the company is long gone, but there are many machines still in existence in eastern Europe.
Search Zelenda soustruh
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liveaboard wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:18 pm I have a zelenda UZ4 lathe and I've found little information about them.
They're Czech and the company is long gone, but there are many machines still in existence in eastern Europe.
Search Zelenda soustruh
Hello, thank you for your response. I have search for zelenda soustruh. Found some zelenda but nothing about mine. When I look on internet with zelenda zo 100 nothing. Only big sisters like the zelenda zn150.
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This is what I also found.
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I think you would find documentation for the zn150 useful. The designs are likely to be very similar and there probably are many common parts.
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Did you buy it from a Troostwijk auction?
I bought some machines through them in NL and Belgium before I moved to Portugal.
But not my lathe, that came from a shop in North Holland.

I can find practically no information on mine; there is a czech website with pictures of a mint one that looks like it was never used, but that's about all.

I found it doesn't matter; there are no parts to be had, you have to make them or fake them anyway.
The machine is basic enough to just work it out by looking at it.
I was missing 1 change gear, and figured out that they used standard module 1.5 spur gears that are easy to get. The same with the rack and apron drive gears.
I replaced the cross feed screw and nut with standard parts too.
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I pressed the new screw into the old spindle and pinned it.
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