Jewelers Lathe

[eisman]

Found this in an antique shop. Now I can't get it out of my head. I wonder if any of you guys use one and what the value would be. He want's $300, but the thing's in beautiful shape. I'd probably never buy another screw in my life.

 

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Found this in an antique shop. Now I can't get it out of my head. I wonder if any of you guys use one and what the value would be. He want's $300, but the thing's in beautiful shape. I'd probably never buy another screw in my life.
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Yea, it's pretty but not too useful.

Look at the finish, the compound rest isn't original

The first jewler/watchmaker lathes I've seen in the past surprised me.
You would think they would be high precision, after all look at all those gears in a watch.
Watchmakers usually just bought premade gears and did assembly work.

They are made to hold and spin something, but I think most all of the cutting was done with a file- more like a wood lathe than a metal lathe,
Which explains why the whole compound assembly is an add on

I'd probably never buy another screw in my life.

I know that's exaggeration but:
I don't think this lathe will cut a thread
I don't see a leadscrew, or any auto feed mechanism, or ability to change gears for different threads.


You may be able to hold screws or pins to dome or polish them, but this doesn't have the functionality of even the cheapest smallest little import.

Pay $100, sell the compound rest assembly for $50 and keep it because it's pretty.

 

[quint]

Looks really cool, I have no clue about them. Stacy may but not sure. I would probably buy it though just because I have a weird addiction to cool older tools ecspecially ones I can fit in the garage just usually dont have the cash for them or a good explanation when bringing them home.

 

[sunshadow]

You put your stock or wax between the centers and use gravers like the chisels on a wood lathe

Nice toy

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[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I have several....all basically just decorations.
They are really neat looking, but nearly useless. The Price listed in the photo is crazy, unless it comes with a box of tooling and collets.
Offer $200 for the lathe and the workbench it sits on, max.

 

[eisman]

Thank you, all.


I don't need any useless tools. I don't have space enough for useful ones.