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By MariusJacob · Posted
I must update myself, I guess nowadays the lubrication procedures and assembly protocols have improved or, at least, changed. I hope there is still hope for vintage tools in this area. -
By Neverenoughwatches · Posted
Lol ok, well I'm not about to explain it, I'm a bit fuzzy on it myself, I'll get it all arse about face.....actually that might be part of it, now I come to think about it. -
By MariusJacob · Posted
I really don't remember what you are talking about. I do own a quartz watch, I could change the battery myself, but I take it to the watchmaker of my neighbourhood so I can talk face to face with somebody about watches. -
Have you had a look at lathes.co.uk/ watchmaker lathe -
Hello, I have recently bought this watchmakers lathe and wanted to identify it's manufacturer. Since there is no maker's mark anywhere on the machine I started googling and found out that this thing is actually pretty odd in the way it was built. Firstly the (presumably) hardened bed surfaces seem to have been screwed to the base and the screw heads ground over. I didn't find any similar lathe where this was done. Second thing that I didn't find anywhere else is that there is no slot cut all the way through the bed so the normal method of attaching steady rests or cross slides to the bed with a bolt from the bottom isn't possible. Here it is done like in most head- and tail stocks with an eccentric clamping mechanism from the top to clamp both to the bed and the cross slide. Again something I haven't found else where. Because of the color of the tarnished paint and overall style of the machine I believe it may be of american origin. Another piece of potentially important information is, that I have another head stock of a more modern Boley and it fits the bed perfectly. If you have ever seen something like this before or could give me any information at all I would be very gracious. And of course if you have any more questions I would be glad to answer them. Thanks Greetings from Germany
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