Rotary tables
Rotary table faces, spotted and scraped. After the last measurement, the first one says “done” in red marker, with the readings below.
Current work: machine tool scraping
As of October 2026
What am I working on right now?
At the moment, mostly rotary tables and the long beds of gantry machines and lathes.
The photos and videos on this page were taken during the work, on the customer’s shop floor or at the workbench. I don’t label which shot comes from which company.
Jobs
Which machines have I worked on recently?
8 jobs with 64 photos, sorted by machine. One click on a photo opens it full size.
Gantry machines
Beds of large gantry machines, on the customer’s shop floor. For this I use the crane to lift out the guides and the parts that carry a rack.
Long lathe bed
A green lathe bed on the shop floor. The measuring bridge with the NIVELTRONIC travels the full length of the ways.
Long bed with a V-way
A long blue bed, taken out of the machine and laid on stands. I measure the alignment of the way with the alignment tester and the NIVELTRONIC.
Before and after
Ways as I find them, the worn areas circled in green. Next to them, the way by the ball screw after scraping, spotted.
Saddles and way liners
Saddles with way liners and oil grooves, plus tables and plates, spotted and scraped on the workbench.
Ways and surfaces after scraping
Scrape patterns up close: machine ways and tables, plus large castings. Some were taken on the machine, others on parts already out of it.
Measuring
I measure before and after scraping. The readings are written straight onto the part in marker.
Videos
What does a machine way look like after scraping?
As in these three videos, filmed on the machine after spotting. All three play without sound.
Scraped wayThe camera travels along a freshly scraped way on a machine painted white. Spotting on the wayMachine way after spotting, with blue contact along its length. Way next to the rackSpotted way on a bed with a rack, filmed along its length.
Machines
Which machine tools do I work on?
Grinders and milling machines, boring mills and lathes. Most recently I had the makes below under the scraper. The list is not complete.
- 07Grinders
- Waldrich Coburg
- ELB-Schliff
- Okamoto
- ABA
- Kellenberger
- Fortuna
- Ziersch
- 03Milling machines
- Waldrich Coburg
- Doosan
- Deckel
- 02Boring mills
- TOS
- Union
- 02Lathes
- VDF
- Schaublin
- and other makes
Customers
Which companies have I worked for recently?
For these 10 companies among others, many of them in Baden-Württemberg and around Coburg.
- Bosch
- KlingelnbergHückeswagen
- Kapp NilesCoburg
- A. KlinkPforzheim-Eutingen
- HoffmannPforzheim
- ZellerDitzingen
- BEMAKirchheim unter Teck
- Friesenear Coburg
- Prokon:CEnear Coburg
- JVA Aschaffenburg