Chris Pyle
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Joe, thanks for the history on the companies and parts. You are a wealth of knowledge. Greg, appreciate the input. Brian, I may just do that...

Here are the guides on the bandsaw, they are beefy: Lower guide markings, hard to make out

Thanks for all of that Greg. Somewhat surprisingly I received a reply from Riston, they will send me PDFs of both machines but there is no exploded...

That is some incredibly high quality machines you've been able to use. That lathe sounds fantastic and the Deckel is obviously in another class. ...

I also have an interest in high quality tools. Here's a pic of the machines nestled together. Kölle jointer, planer and I believe a Kölle bandsaw...

Amazing Greg, that's the model I have in my planer. Even if I never find the machinery manuals, I have at least one more thing I can get tuned up....

Thanks Joe, Brian, et al. I found a landing page for Kölle machinery that said Riston now controls remaining parts, not sure if that is...

Very kind of you Greg. I have the AH50 and DH63, 1997 vintage. I just sent an email to a German outfit that have the remaining Kölle parts asking...

I can not get anymore pics. These pics were captured when the machine was listed for sale a couple years ago. I wrote the machinery dealer asking for...

Hi Brian, thanks for chiming in. Here's the rub: Kölle is now defunct and I've been unable to find a true user manual for my machines. The picture...

Thanks Greg, I have those documents but I appreciate the link. I'm hoping to find a full user manual but so far I haven't had any luck. One thing...

Because this is a german machine and I can't find a manual, I don't know. The only way to tell is to tear the cutterhead down and measure the...

Thanks all, sounds like I may have swung past my goal of a high quality grease and ended in "completely ridiculous overkill". I'll grab some...

Thanks Bill. The greases under this column look most suitable: High Speed Spindle GreaseFAG Arcanol L-75™FAG Arcanol Speed 2,6™Kluber Isoflex NBU...