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Just found this site of a Lurem specialist and parts supplier in France. The site suggests he actually manufactures some parts, as well as working on the machines themselves. https://www.pieces-lurem.fr/

Thanks Steliz, Hungary impresses me and is on my list!

That I can understand, and the Vancouver rain shadow is no fun. The price of real estate is the one great advantage of the prairies. Plenty of good wood in those old grain elevators though. ;)

That walnut was probably destined for making gunstocks and probably purchased by HMG directly rather than the company it was destined for. In the first years of WWII Uncle Sam took payment in full up front. When there was no gold, silver, stocks, bonds, patents etc. left to take, then...

I'm away from my machine at present and just wondered if anyone knows the edge-to-edge diameter of the planer cutter head on a Lurem C.260? I'm looking at having a/some helical carbide cutter heads made for these machines by the way, if that would interest others?

If I was in Saskabush I'd have run already - straight out here. :D Thanks for the welcome! ;)

I got some sort of book with my C260. Will have to see if I can put hands on it as I'm just resurrecting the machine now from a long sleep due to motor failure. I'll scan what I've got when I find it if it looks useful and post a link for download.

I was going through this recently my self on my C.260 Lurem. The motor mount turns out to be a B5 Flange, Size 63 (115mm c to c distance on the four bolt holes). Nothing available out here that is suitable, so am considering making up what amounts to a jack-shaft with a couple of flange-mount...

Greetings gents, and ladies, I'm from British Columbia and glad to be aboard. Not much else to say at this point I suppose, but am a wood and metal worker (home) with a taste for restorations and vintage tools and machinery in general.