Todays Boot Find Goodies!

Hi All,

Worth getting up early today!

Small lathe with a few issues to be sorted out, nothing special but a nice find. The drill press i really very nice, no chuck but has a small drawbar. No makers names on either.

Anyone have any ideas on these please?

Cheers,

Martin

I don't recognise it, Martin ... but that drill press is a little beauty !!

MichaelG.

Possibly A Hauser. Nice find.

http://www.wefalck.eu/mm/tools/drills/drills.html

http://www.wefalck.eu/mm/tools/drills/Hauser-drill-2.JPG

Phil

Hi Phil, yes I really like the drill press, should make a very nice exhibition piece if nothing else. (Some guys get all the luck)

Regards Nick.

Well spotted, Phil

[Martin] please don't be tempted to try fitting any old chuck ... according to Phil's first link it should take 6mm watchmakers' collets.

MichaelG.

Hi, Opps! I meant to direct my comments to Martin, in my previous post.

Regards Nick.

Good point re the collets. I do get them from time to time so will be patient. Looks like a nice little project to fit in between my normal run of the mill refurbs etc.

Somewhere I have a really small machine vice which would go well on the tiny table!

The lathe tailstock has been broken where it has the dovetail to go on the ways, there is a 'spare part' with a matching dovetail which I might be able to do something with. Evidence of a badly done welded repair in the cross slide area too; will know more when I get it apart and cleaned. The 4 screw on jaws for the chuck are there which is good.

Martin

The lathe bears a resemblance to a Flexispeed or Ace minor but it doesn't look well enough finished and the foot detail is wrong.

Neil

Any idea what part of your body you would use to feed that nice little drill, seems an odd position for a presumably bench top drill as it would be dead in the middle of your chest if sitting working?

J

Operating lever position looks as if the drill is intended to be used side on rather than front on. Left hand on the feed, right hand on the work. But it takes up a lot more space that way.

Clive

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I suspect that the unit [or more likely the watchmaker] would be 'rotated' to the left or right, to allow operation with the preferred hand. ... Bear in mind that he would be contorted anyway, to view the work through a loupe.

MichaelG.

Does seem a lot of levers and pullies for little gain over a lever that could just have been pulled down avoiding the inherent slop in the linkages and giving better feel.

Not sure I would want to be doubled over close to that drill with a loupe in my eye and the belts passing straight past my head

I did wonder if a length of cord could have been hooked over the end and down to a foot operated board thus leaving both hands free. Or maybe you could rest your elbow on the lever and keep two hands free.

Edited By JasonB on 22/01/2017 17:33:29

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Possibilities, yes ... But if you're drilling a 0.1mm hole, I suspect that maximum sensitivity is obligatory.

I can't find a picture of anyone actually using such a machine, but the posture illustrated at the top of this page is pretty common. **LINK**

http://www.historictimekeepers.com/Staffsteps.htm

MichaelG.

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P.S. ... I haven't worked-through the geometry of the linkages ... perhaps Martin could give us some dimensions when he strips it down. The result may be interesting.

There is a picture of something very similar on the "lathes" website, under DIXI

http://www.lathes.co.uk/dixi/

It looks like lots of the watchmaking tool companies made a version of the drill, I have seen similar ones by both Schaublin and Boley as well.

Phil

Edited By Phil P on 22/01/2017 18:02:16

Hi All.

Finally got around to sorting out the little drill press. It was not too bad just very gummed up with old grease and dirt. Stripped it down and chucked it all in the ultrasonic bath for a while and it came up well. Left the original finish alone. Sadly no collets for it but we will see how it goes.

Looks just right, Martin

MichaelG.

Just wondering if this is a Tapping machine and the lever at the bottom changes the engagement of the pulleys and the counter weight returns the direction to start another.

I repaired something similar a few years ago but can't remember the name.

Dave

I'm with Dave Spicer on this one, a small tapping machine, I recall a machine called a Flash tapper. Either way a good find.

Chris Gunn

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Dave & Chris,

I think you will find enlightenment by following Phil's links ^^^

MichaelG.

**LINK**