Jump to content

Anyone recognise this lathe type? 65mm centre to bed?

Vacherin

By Vacherin
in Tools & Equipment

 Share

Recommended Posts

Vacherin Member

Vacherin

Posted
Posted

It takes W20 20mm Schaublin collets, and has no makers name on it. LA346 seems to be a part number, other castings have sequential numbers. It is extremely heavy for it's size and is very well made. Bronze nuts on the slides, roller bearings on all rotating parts inc tail stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMG_20181214_143728.thumb.jpg.13ca67652df3890857d5eb647b7ac66e.jpgIMG_20181214_134351.thumb.jpg.bdff6763e049fff0a649d36b8b677c35.jpg

IMG_20181214_134317.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nickelsilver Distinguished Member

nickelsilver

Posted
Posted

It's an oddball, for sure. I'm guessing you found this in Switzerland (looks like Swiss workshop color and window there!); it wasn't uncommon for machinists to make simple machines like this from base castings as part of their schooling some years ago. It's probably a quite good machine and w-20 collets and tooling are plentiful , much easier to find than what one would imagine for this size machine, w-12. It's odd they chose 65mm as the center height, and it makes it hard to adapt Schaublin 70 slides and whatnot, though Schaublin did make a 65mm machine as well. One thing for sure, it's not Schaublin.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vacherin Member

Vacherin

Posted
  • Author
Posted

The Base castings theory is a good one. It doesn't have markings on any parts, apart from someone's initials, AG which appear all over the place. The slide is very nice thankfully, and it is all nice and tight. It came from a house clearance in Switzerland. I already have some W-20 collets from my Schaublin 102 which I bought dismantled. Anything with a decent slide on it fetches a small fortune, apart from this thankfully.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • RichardHarris123
      Introduction

      By RichardHarris123 · Posted

      Hello and welcome from Leeds. 
    • ManSkirtBrew
      1972 Bulova President "E" Sea King 11ACACB movement

      By ManSkirtBrew · Posted

      Unfortunately I'm not that lucky. I started on the train side and after I noticed the binding I pulled everything out except the driving wheel to rule everything else out. It still binds. I'm going to double check that the pinion is fully seated on the staff first, then if no joy I'll push the bridge jewel up a fraction of a mm. Fingers crossed!
    • Waggy
      Rado rotor removal

      By Waggy · Posted

      Happy to have helped, great way to start the day with a win! 🥳
    • doober
      Rado rotor removal

      By doober · Posted

      Thank you for the advise!! It worked. The setting screw was a lock/unlock to remove the rotor. 
    • GuyMontag
      1972 Bulova President "E" Sea King 11ACACB movement

      By GuyMontag · Posted

      I have that French tech sheet too, it is a little different than the English one (eg, it doesn't have the auto works diagram). BTW, it looks like you are looking up the case number in the 1979 ABC supplement. The 1974 ABC catalog does have the 3093 case. As you determined it takes the 1222-5 crystal.  When I serviced my President 'A' (which also takes that crystal), I was able to fit a 29.8 crystal from my DPA crystal assortment. Those are, in my opinion, a great deal. The assortment comes with 10 sizes each from 27.8mm to 32.4mm in 0.2 increments. I pretty much use them for any non-armored crystal that takes a high dome crystal. I think they no longer make them but Cousins has still has some in stock but when I bought them they were around $40 for the set and now they are around $100. Still, at 40 cents a crystal it's still a good deal. For the large driving wheel, I remember I once assembled the keyless/motion works first and when I placed the large driving wheel it was interfering with the setting wheel on the dial side as the teeth were not fully meshing and it wouldn't fully seat. If that isn't the issue I got nothing and am looking forward to see how you solve it 🙂
×
×
  • Create New...