Not too many wood turning lathes that can turn work to 1/10,000
thousandth of an inch out there. This one could do that in 1885.
Remember these things are used for turning things like the pivots on a
watch gear. This Whitcomb No. 1 is also the lathe most American and
German Watchmaker Lathes are a copy of, the other style is the Swiss
which have clamps that go around the bed. Compound cross-slides and
tailstocks (this particular one came with a tailstock but it is a lot
newer than the lathe) were available for these but a watchmaker could do
more accurate work by hand.
Also the cross-slides now cost a lot more than the Boley (Which was one
of the most expensive watchmakers lathes) I have coming. I have some
ideas for making my own. A new Taig Micro Lathe would be cheaper but can
not do such accurate work. I want the thing for working on cameras
rather than watches, but many of the parts are similar.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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Rob Studdert wrote:
On 24 Nov 2005 at 18:54, graywolf wrote:
Your wish is my command.
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/lathe.jpg
I am in the processing of researching and documenting it. It will
probably wind up as a display, as I am waiting for a newer one to use
that I also bought on ebay. This one is smaller than the ones made more
recently and required accessories are hard to find.
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/lathe-size.jpg
It's very cute but it looks like a miniature wood turning lathe to me, great
for turning out chess pieces I'd say :-)
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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