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last revised 02/12/09
Antique Watchmaking Machinery
Antique machines always have had a certain attraction for me. This attraction is both aesthetic and with respect to usual quality of their workmanship. Both aspect are indeed related. Fifty or a hundred years ago many manufacturers took a certain pride in the finish and look of their products that is utterly unthinkable in the age of 'shareholder value'.
Clicking on the
pictures below takes you to the respective section of the Web-site.
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8 mm WW Lathe |
Milling Machines |
Drills | Shaping Machine |
Machine
tools are nothing without their accessories. Below are links to a
selection of attachments I made for the lathes and the milling machines.
Below, I am adding various
pictures from a 1912 Wolf, Jahn & Co., from a 1930s(?) Lorch,
Schmidt & Co., antique Boley
and other catalogues.
In no way, however, I shall attempt to
compete with Tony Griffith's excellent Web-site: www.lathes.co.uk.
A very comprehensive and nicely laid out
site with both, antique catalogues and pictures is that of another
Lorch-'addict': Steffen Pahlow.
Universal milling machines from an original copy of a 1912 Wolf, Jahn & Co. catalogue
These milling machines were built around the headstocks (simple or backgeared) of the equivalent lathes.
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Model 'DD' No. A (No. B is backgeared), table 350 x 120 mm, spindle bored for 15 mm collets, net weight 80 Kg |
Model 'DD' No. C backgeared, automatic x-table feed, table 350 x 120 mm, spindle bored for 15 mm collets, net weight 100 Kg |
Model 'DD' No. E (includes angle plate to convert it into vertical miller), backgeared, automatic x-table feed, table 350 x 120 mm, spindle bored for 15 mm collets, net weight 110 Kg |
Model 'G' No. 1 backgeared, automatic x-table feed, table 600 x 180 mm, spindle bored for 15 mm collets, net weight 340 Kg |
Model 'G' No. 2 backgeared, automatic x-table feed, table 600 x 180 mm, spindle bored for 15 mm collets, net weight 350 Kg |
Horological Milling
Machines from 1910ish and 1930ish Boley catalogues
All these machines take 8 mm WW collets
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Model 80 (c. 1910) |
Model 80 (c. 1930) |
Model 80a (c. 1930) |
Model 81 (c. 1910) |
Model 81b (c. 1910) |
Universal miller (c.
1910) |
More Small Milling Machines
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Small miller from a beautifully made pre-WW I catalogue of the Berlin firm F.A. Deichen |
Small (table was 220 mm x 80 mm) bench miller made by Köpings Mekaniska Verkstad AB in Sweden. From a c. 1910 SVEA catalogue |
Of course, a workshop is never complete. I am still on the look-out for certain machines and accessories. If you have any of the below and want to dispose of them, I would be glad to hear from you (webmaster at wefalck dot eu):
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Set of 8 mm and 6 mm wheel arbors |
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Collet-holding tailstock for LS&Co. or WJ&Co. 8 mm WW-bed lathe (they are listed in the catalogues without picture) |
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90 deg tailstock / fixed steady for a D-bed lathe (no. 58e) |
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Lorch grinding and polishing spindle (no. 31c) |
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Lorch 8 mm arbor no. 44a for 4-jaw chuck | |
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