Emco Maximat Super 11

New machine day! An austrian Emco Maximat Super 11.
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[@ThisOldTony]

Nice lathe Stefan, congrats! Potentially moving your top slide to the back has blown my mind, looking forward to -copying- seeing how you do it. Bummed to hear you passed on a multifix! You could've definitely made your own holders. Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one who smells their tig welds (20:59).

[@andreblanchard8372]

I am envisioning a basic stepper motor drive on that top slide, so as to not have to reach over the spinning stuff to turn the crank.

[@StefanGotteswinter]

Ha! Its simple as I have the t-slots in the cross slide. I can just move the compound to a different spot and clamp it there. I can either use the tools upside down or run the lathe reverse then.

[@artmckay6704]

@@StefanGotteswinter :)

[@retromechanicalengineer]

Great lathe. I have the Maximat V10P with milling attachment. Very similar to yours, built in 1973 (like me!) and still like new (unlike me!).

[@yyams]

Many thanks for your videos Stefan... They're always supremely educational and surprisingly relaxing too. Keep it up.

[@Hoaxer51]

Like your new addition to the shop, it looks like a nice find! I wish we could have seen the updates you did to your new machine! Always good to see a new video from you!

[@joeszabo4237]

Enjoy your new machine Stefan, thanks for the walk around.

[@bruceanderson9461]

Congratulations on your new purchase. It seems to be the perfect lathe for you! Now you can continue to show me how to better use my lathe. Thanks for all your videos!!!

[@scottearnst8152]

congrats on new lathe! real exciting! thanks for sharing

[@TheJoyofPrecision]

LOL I love how you just worked "small arms fire" into there, rattling it right off without missing a beat. You know, you have the best New England sense of humor out of any German I've ever known. :)

[@TAWPTool]

"...small arms fire…" Too funny. Congrats on the new lathe and thank you for taking us on a tour. Great video!

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Your new lathe is very nice with features galore. Congratulations on a nice find.

[@sansdecorum4600]

Nice score there, Stefan! That fine machine is most fortunate to have found such a good home. Feed it well.

[@a320214]

Thank you Professor Stephan : your Emco lathe description is very nice, interesting, simple and brillant ( as usual ) !!!

[@ActiveAtom]

Hi Stefan, what a really nice lathe and trade up in both quality and size. Since we have been watch your channel, over the years, many years, we know you are going to make this machine even better then it is now and likely better then when built a the factory. Taper attachment would be a great addition. Thank you for sharing your new to you machine be proud we are happy for you, Lance & Patrick.

[@thesergeant3524]

I just finished rebuilding a 1960's Clausing 5914 last month. I told my wife it was the last lathe I'd ever need/want/own. I wasn't familiar with Emco's until I saw this video last week. 2 days later I go to take a look at a machinist box for sale and behind me I see an Emco V10-P with milling attachment, also for sale. 1 owner, hobbyist, all the tooling/accessories originally offered. My jaw dropped. I couldn't let it get away, so now I have it sitting in the garage next to my 5914 and I'm lucky I'm not sleeping in there next to them. Came with a Tripan 111 so I'll have to go back and revisit your videos on making tool holders. Also looking forward to seeing what you do with this machine. I'm beyond impressed with this little Emco. Very high quality stuff.

[@Smallathe]

Wonderful ... enjoy your new lathe. I can't wait to see all the elegant projects you will make for/with it. I too hope to upscale one day...

[@firefighter494]

Congrats on the upgrade, looking forward to alot of lathe videos in the future

[@AmericanMakerCNC]

I'm excited to have found your Emco Super 11 videos. I'm a beginner hobby machinist and I purchased a used Emco Super 11 yesterday. My first-ever lathe! I'll be wiring it up today. Can't wait to start making chips fly!

[@keithgotschall1054]

I just scored an Emco V13, quite similar but just a bit bigger. Great to see what modifications you are making, what works and what needs tweaking. Thanks Stephan, great run down as usual!

[@loydsa]

Nice machine Stefan, I look forward to seeing your projects using it.

[@billv1410]

Congratulations on a new lathe. May it serve you well

[@bostedtap8399]

Good news it fitted in your car/pkw! Nice machine, looking forward to some of Herr Gotteswinter modifications. Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.

[@DanielHeineck]

We had one in the maintenance shop of an academic cleanroom I helped in while a student. Not that I really knew what I was doing but it seemed very nice for the few brass/aluminum fittings I cut. Looking forward to the upcoming videos of you using it. Enjoy!

[@MegaCountach]

Looks like a sweet rig Stephan, happy turning, Cheers, Doug

[@bcbloc02]

Looks like a really nice little lathe! It appears very well made and in excellent condition.

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

I bought mine new in 1982. With the geared head you can really move a lot of metal. It’s very accurate because it is over built. I have a 17 inch TRAK programmable toolroom lathe which is much newer and of greater capacity, with more features, but I find myself still using the Emco more than I thought I would with the purchase of the TRAK. They can pry the Emco from my cold dead fingers. You will really like it.

[@FCleff]

Congratulations, Stefan! These are wonderful machines and this one is in beautiful condition. I loved your self-folding way cover. I've never seen leather used for this purpose but I'm going to put it on my lathe too. Thanks for yet another inspiring video. Cheers, F.C.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Congrats! That's a nice lathe. Thanks for the walk around!

[@campbellmorrison8540]

What a gorgeous lathe I am so impressed by its condition. I have just bought myself a maximat 10 mentor, similar but not as pristine condition but its only grim not misuse. I love they way you say you just picked yours up in the back of the car and brought it home. I had a nightmare bringing mine home. I broke it down as much as I could and it still weighed heaps, couldn't have done it with out the help of some young guys. Wonderful to find a lathe like that Ive always loved the Emco range

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Congratulations on the purchase of your new lathe. Amazed it fitted in the back of your car! 😳

[@than_vg]

enjoy your new lathe Stefan, looking forward to your videos on using it!

[@stianellefsen]

Congratulation with the new lathe!

[@thorsbyguy5121]

Stephane, nice machine! I briefly owned one of these Super 11's, that I bought at an estate sale here in Western Canada. It came with the backsplash and stand, but no chuck or steadies, as the louts who pulled it out of the house it was in were careless with about keeping the parts together. It had the DIN spindle type, which made a replacement chuck shockingly expensive, and was the primary reason I sold it on. The lot included an FB2 mill on it's own x-y table and with power feed It was also accompanied by an assortment of Drehblitz tool posts and tool holders. Both mill and lathe were little gems of construction and design. I see Steve Summers commented below. He shows his workplace Super 11 in some videos. Congratulations!

[@normanfeinberg9968]

Small arms fire.A real threat in certain parts.No guts no glory.Thank you for this wonderful video.

[@tonyburndred9828]

A very nice purchase Stefan, looking forward to seeing it in action

[@warrenjones744]

Looks like the perfect machine for your operation Stefan. seems to be well built.

[@RaptorMachineToolCo]

Sweet machine Stefan! I have its twin. Cant wait to see it included in your upcoming videos!

[@jonathanoostendorp40]

The review of this Super 11 lathe is the reason I bought my Maximat V13. I have Integrated many of the modifications that you have done with yours.

[@michaelhayward7572]

Congrats on the new lathe Stefan. Regards,

[@vaalrus]

Did I hear “Impacts, small arms fire, and dust”… ?

[@shrikedecil]

That's what I heard. Very important.

[@warrenjones744]

you forgot chips!

[@R2.0]

Perhaps he didn't *completely* drop the miniature 1911 project.

[@shrikedecil]

That'd be micro arms fire :D

[@literoadie3502]

I had to double take that. LOL!

[@TomChame]

Beautiful machine, congratulations!!

[@reideichner8597]

I was lucky to be able to purchase that same lathe except that mine does have the D1-4. I have had mine for about 30 years and have had NO problems with it. Nice stout lathe and a work horse for the size. I did get the back splash and base with mine so it was a good package. Thanks for the tour of your new lathe. I can see you are planning on more upgrades also. Thanks for sharing Stefan!

[@kylemichael2175]

Congratulations Stefan! Look forward to seeing some projects on your new lathe. I just got a new to me lathe a few weeks ago too. Not an Emco, an Enco.

[@3dkiwi920]

Beautiful lathe! I have a unimat 3, much smaller but very happy with it!

[@rogerortegamoline5880]

Congratulations for your very nice new lathe!

[@SteveSummers]

Beautiful machine Stefan. It will serve you well. Ours has.

[@rayfalcone6897]

congrats Stephan,enjoy your lathe.

[@ApukEldar]

Nice machine Stefan! Congrats!

[@stefanhertweck]

Congrats on your new lathe. Nice score.

[@techno_mesh]

I have an EMCO Maximat V10 with a vertical milling attachment and the hexagonal power feed looks exactly the same. If I am not mistaken the hexagonal power feed has a clutch or torque limiter and the threading power feed (in my case it cannot be disengaged) has an aluminum pin that brakes when the torque exceeds a limit. Nice machine.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Absolutely beautiful machine! Wonderful review... Thanks! 😃👍

[@camatbattler2233]

Beautifully made tool Stefan. I'm sure after the Gotteswinter modifications it will be at a high end Tool Room Lathe standard or better. Looking forward to seeing the incremental improvements over time. Cam

[@timmallard5360]

Great idea on the crosslide chip guard! This machine is a twin to my grizzly 4003g. Looking forward to seeing you run this lathe and make improvements

[@stumccabe]

Thanks Stefan - I like your new Emco.

[@bhoiiii]

Gorgeous lathe. Cheers, sir.

[@paulfisher1160]

Very very nice lathe Stefan. I have one myself. Have made modifications to the cabinet and splash back. Yet to actually set it up use it. I like the idea of a cross slide cover. Cant wait to see what you make on it and for it. I also have the emco mill you mentioned, very nice machines. Enjoy and keep it up Paul

[@gertskjlstrup1804]

Nice machine Stefan! Cant wait to se some work videos

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Hi , I have seen a similar cross slide cover on a ward 7 lathe i used to use , the cover ( original fitment ) was hinged to the cross slide so it could be lifted to access the ways . Nice lathe .

[@JBFromOZ]

So happy for you mate, nothing like finding a diamond in the rough, my AL960B was a similar undamaged hardly used barn find, a steal at $400

[@CapeCodCNC]

Very nice condition! They are very well made and surprisingly accurate. Your spindle looks like my V10-P spindle. It had a DIN 55021 nose. I have the D1-4 on mine with a short MT5 taper and a 5C collet closer.

[@brianu2871]

Very nice lathe ! Thanks for the details and video.

[@ROBRENZ]

Nice machine Stefan, I lusted after one of those as a kid. ATB, Robin

[@MuellerNick]

Congratiolations for the good buy! I think this is the perfect lathe for you. I was close at getting one years ago, but then they went nuts on the price. All the best with your new baby!

[@cwink7188]

Servus Nick, schön von dir zu lesen :-)

[@StefanGotteswinter]

Thanks Nick!

[@maxphillips1160]

Oh also - those welds on the drawtube look awesome, beautiful work!

[@rhost714]

Nice machine. I have a precision matthews 1228 which is basically a chinese clone of the super 11 with a permanent magnet variable speed DC motor and a D1-4. I found it to be pretty well featured for a small lathe.

[@theh0r5e90]

That's a nice little machine I wish I still had mine alongside side my monarch and axelson I miss my old job

[@SneerfulWizard]

10:01 small arms fire huh? 😂😂 great videos Stefan, I enjoy and appreciate every one of them

[@63256325N]

Great score! Thanks for the video.

[@glennfelpel9785]

Very nice machine, am happy for you! It has a good home.

[@scottlundy257]

You need to put a thick rubber pad on top of the head stock top you won't believe how much it reduces the gear noise

[@philipmarcou7708]

That is VERY INTERESTING! Could you please tell us more about that fix- the noise is infuriating and has bugged me for more than 25 years. What sort of pad? Something like conveyor belting??

[@ronalddavis]

@@philipmarcou7708 tractor supply in the us sells those thick rubber mats

[@johnwalters6800]

Thanks for the video. I bought my Inch lathe in 1986. It is the best investment I have ever made. I did make one major modification 20 years back. My tailstock now has a #3 Morse Taper with tang drive. I will never slip the #2MT again. Single pointing a left hand metric internal thread on an inch machine was very time consuming, but the end result was wonderful. A metric leadscrew wouldl be 10 times quicker.

[@bobbobbins8913]

I'm very jealous! I have the V10P - which is much the same lathe but with a cruder 'user interface' and a couple of composite gears in the headstock and the mill attachment (of which two are busted on mine). I'm pleased to see they changed the carriage power feed lever lock design...I've had a number of 'accidents' with mine, as it sometimes switches between carriage and cross slide feed if you disengage it in hurry! Not jealous of the chuck mount though...mine has the M39 thread, which makes changing chucks a 30 second job :) If you get as much use (and fun) out of yours as I've had out of mine these past 20 years, you're going to be a very happy man indeed.

[@edgeeffect]

Emco machines are great... I've got a Unimat SL which is their _absolute_ bottom of the range from the 1960s... and I'm amazed by what it'll actually do even after all these years.

[@chrismate2805]

Hi Stephan watched your videos for sometime really excellent information always. This looks like a nice lathe, I bought a similar sized lathe some time ago(160mm chuck 330 swing over bed), all metal gears. I added a 12mm steal plate between lathe bed and the cabinet it sits on, I also lifted the cabinet by 180mm on advice, now the hight is just right, feels good. So bolting the bed down to this plate and cabinet I know that I would probably twist the bed somehow from factory not bolted to anything. I decided to follow the method where the tailstock is not involved initially to check the headstock to bed taper by cutting a test piece sticking out. The 1st time I used a waterlevel(I understand it does not need to be level exact, only the bed same deflection at both ends). Headstock to bed alignment....Looking for the "tipping point" at 100mm: Yesterday I dived into this again, took an aliminium bar of 20mmx170mm whith a turnable stickout of 95mm. I losened all 4 bolts, tighten the 2 from headstock side(A guess I took), I then played with the far side by making decissions after each cut. I managed to get it down to .01mm taper smaller on the far end. I played further looking for the "tipping point" if you can call it that, that is at 95mm stickout I realise. I manage to find the "tipping point" by loosing both bolts at far end of bed, add .021" & .020" thousands of an inch feeler guages and got it to a taper of +.01mm far end. So now I can switch it between -01mm & +.01mm cut results. My next endeavour in this will be to get it down to zero around this point. I am not worried about the tailstock and centre to centre cutting al all at this stage. I realise what I am doing covers probably one angle out of more. Your experience: Seeing you probably going to bolt down your bed to the table, I would like to see how you tackle this issue with your lathe. Thanks would appreciate your experience here.

[@TheOpinionationer]

I run a 16 inch emco at work sometimes. It's one of the nicest lathes i have run.

[@KOSTASVALE]

Welldone on your new lathe !!

[@patw999]

Sweet...very nice, great lathe for a home shop.

[@jackweldman6856]

Great Lathe! Good choice! Congrats :)

[@stevewilliams587]

I cut my tailstock locking lever too. It kept fouling on the milling column.

[@nacholoco5325]

Congratulations, Stefan. It`s a very nice machine. I`ve got the same one in my shop and I like it a lot. It`s surprisingly rigid for it`s size. The only things I miss are a more rigid compound slide, a good stand (I`ve got the table version) and tapered gibs would be nice too. I`m absolutely curious abut your improvement modifications on that machine, thinking what you made with your last one ;-)

[@bclare2544]

Looks like a good purchase Stefan.

[@stefantrethan]

Finally, you have the first good quality machine in the shop! ;-) (Take that, Deckel and Gack!)

[@OperaBass3]

Stefan, nice lathe and it sounds like you made a good bargain. I so liked the way you discussed its merits informatively and objectively, if I was in the market for a lathe in that size and class, I'd probably go for the Emco MaxiMat just on your say-so. DRO's and how to get best use in mounting them on a lathe. You're one of the few I'd make this suggestion to. Your cross slide scale: can you gut the assembly and install the bare scale and reader head in the clearance available between the saddle casting and cross slide nut? Can you machine the saddle casting etc to gain clearance? The cross slide scale on my Voest DA210 is buried within the cross slide lead screw/nut cavity between the dovetails protected against chips, crushing, coolant splash, and bad thoughts. I used a Sony magnetic scale from which I removed the magneticly coded wire, the bare reader head (a ferrite/copper coil assembly about the size of a cigarette filter,) the tiny electronics board, etc. The installation required some thought and clearance cutting but went according to plan even though I had to dismantle the carriage for the mill work and modifications to route wiring. Wiring consisted of a ribbon cable half-loop that followed the nut. The loop connected to a stranded cable routed through a drilled hole to an electrical box on the back of the saddle. It's been trouble-free for 25+ years. In other words, my lathe is equipped with a DRO having no need for elaborate guarding or care in operation. Parts flung from the chuck can chip the paint, bruise the castings, even mark the ways but the DRO lives on. Drills, centers, wrenches, tool holders, etc can be fumbled without concern for delicate extrusions and their expensive contents. The carriage can be cranked back to bump the tailstock with no risk to the DRO. My lathe's DRO scales are all but bullet proof. Which poses the question: why do major DRO manufacturers mount their super-accurate scales in easily damaged extrusions? You'd think Heidenhein would house their sub-micron resolution products in something more robust than a millimeter walled aluminum channel little better than those furnished by Sino. German engineering isn't leading the pack on this little detail.

[@ericbeckers2673]

The lathe looks new,. They are great I like them.

[@raymondmarteene7047]

Thanks Stefan, One of the contributors for Model Engineers Workshop magazine has designed a taper turning attachment based on the EMCO design, I believe he was from NewZealand, the plans were offered for free in the magazine. Happy to find them for you if you like. Cheers Raymond

[@11Aldebaran11]

If you can find this plans you may post a link here, so everybody can get them... :-)

[@raymondmarteene7047]

Had a search of the Model Engineers Workshop site and could only find a forum thread for the taper turning attachment, it’s called Jock Millers’s taper turning attachment, it contains an exploded schematic of the EMCO attachment but not Jocks plans. Sorry couldn’t find more.

[@raymondmarteene7047]

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[@darynradcliffe2909]

Nice find, I mounted the dro scale on the front of my maximat to clear the milling attachment 😉

[@udowillkomm1173]

Congrats. Looks great. I´m sure we see a bit of optimising and fine tuning down the road :-)

[@lesthompson5907]

like your new lath the small chuck can be used as a tail stoke chuck for pipe i find them very useful, les England.

[@lacaver64]

stefan the amco lathes are very nice lathe ,at school in 1980 there we has the unimat 7 other little lathe very nice all the emco machines go good now very luck with him

[@hirsutusi5536]

Congratulations! I have the US version with the milling head, base and splash-back, a capable machine.

[@turningpoint6643]

Very envious but major congratulations finding one in that condition Stefan. Around 1989 I was getting pretty serious about buying the exact same machine.Instead and foolishly I bought a new Camaro. :-( And funny enough I still have the English version of that sales brochure. I wouldn't exactly call the Super 11 a low end industrial machine though. For there size maybe a light duty industrial machine. There would be few manual lathes around this size and there original (high) price that were built anywhere as well without a very large jump in price such as a few of the Schaublins. Videos like this make me regret not buying one even more.

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

Stefan I forgot to mention, and by now I’m sure you have discovered, that the quill of your tail stock is not slotted to accept the tang of Morse taper tooling. With out this the power of the geared head can make such tooling spin in the quill, for example when a large diameter Morse taper drill bit is breaking through. I solved this problem many years ago on my Super 11 by removing the quill from the tailstock and carefully measuring and then cross drilling and tapping the quill for two opposed short 1/2-13 set screws in effect making a slot for tanged tooling. The screws you use have to be short enough that their hex holed end is completely buried in the outside diameter of the quill of course or you will not be able to retract the quill into the tailstock, and they cannot be turned in so far that the screw in the tailstock cannot get between them to eject the Tool. I smell a video by you on this. It’s your type of work.

[@incubatork]

Very nice looking and specked lathe, i bet someone got a bargain buying your old modded lathe, looking firward to some nice projects on your new toy.

[@johnarrington6292]

You really scored on this beauty--it looks absolutely mint! It has a very German design aesthetic (even though its Austrian).

[@splinky99]

What a beauty!

[@JlerchTampa]

Nice, and just like that the value of Emco lathes increased by a significant margin! :-)

[@coldformer1]

sweet machine , i can see many videos in the future

[@andrews8552]

Any day with an Emco is a good day.

[@Sketch1994]

For some reason we had one of these in college, right between two dozen larger Ajax lathes. The 2200rpm is nice to have and for small work it's a very nice machine, but even though I found both a V11 and a V13 I need at least 1m center to center and a 300 mm swing. Have you worked on any USSR machines? I regularly visit a shop that has 2 huge (for me) ZMM lathes and I was blown when I found out both their smaller one (11kW) and the huge one (15kW and big enough swing to turn washing machines drums and car wheels) go up to 2000rpm! I'm looking for either one of these or a TOS.

[@lucwybo]

Very good choice, gears with combination of VFD gives almost the max torque at any speed. What is the motorpower that you has installed ?

[@lion-e-nl]

Just watched all your Emco video's, tomorrow I will pick up mine :-) Although it's not in the condition like your lathe it comes with an undercarriage and splash wall.