Here is a top of the line watchmaker clockmaker jeweler or model maker lathe. It is a Favorite Swiss Suisse 8mm lathe and uses the standard ww collets. The tailstock is collet holding and has micrometic adjustment. The headstock also has the collet closing bar. The headstock has bearings as well. Long bed 14 inch. Model no 3. Also has the headstock with the threads to accept a three or four jaw chuck on the heastock instead of mounted to a collet. Overall paint is good with some chips. pully part does not have any chips. Please see the other items I have for sale. I am clearing out my collection and will be listing a number of items over the nextmonth so add me to your favorites! Thanks for looking. Please see the below
As a larger-capacity, high-precision lathe
the No. 3 was able to tackle
a much wider variety of jobs than even the traditional, heavier WW type
watchmakers’ lathe. In addition, unlike many other small, high-quality lathes
(including the Favorite No. 2) whose headstocks only
had room for the usual type of compact, plain bearings, the No. 3’s hardened and
ground spindle ran in a double-row ball bearing on one end and a roller bearing
at the other. Sufficient grease was packed into the bearings for over 1000 hours
of running and, when driven by the right countershaft and motor system, speeds
of up to 12,000 r.p.m. were possible. The left-hand face of the headstock pulley
was provided with two concentric circles of indexing holes numbering 48 and 60
respectively whilst the right-hand face had 12 holes for use by a stop bolt
(engaged by a lever below the front bearing) to aid changes of chucks and other
spindle fittings. Like the No. 2 the bed was flat on top, with 90-degree sides,
and headstock, tool rests and tailstock clamped in place by a central fitting.
However, unlike the No. 2 the No. 3 was always supplied with two bed feet and so
without the option of a quick-release fitting at the headstock end. Tailstocks,
like those offered for the Model 2, avoided a screw-feed arrangement, the makers
providing either a traditional “push” barrel or one operated by a lever, the
latter judged to have superior feel for delicate drilling work.
the
accessories used on the Favorite
2, could also be used.
as a larger-capacity machine the No. 3, with its ball and
roller-bearing headstock was able to tackle
a much wider variety of jobs than most machines in this class yet still remain
capable of the very finest miniature work.
Although as heavily built as a
traditional Webster Whitcombe (WW) watchmakers’ lathe – and with
the same 50 mm centre height – the No. 2 was a unique design. Instead of using a
traditional flat-topped, bevelled-edged bed that on the Favorite was flat, with
vertical sides and the headstock, tool rest and tailstock clamped in place by
means of a central fastening. When mounted on a single foot (two were an option)
the bed was held in a quick-release eccentric slot, allowing it to be easily
removed for the close inspection of work or transferred to a bench vice where
other accessories–a pivoting attachment for example–could be more easily
employed.
Designed in the days before the cost benefits of a pulley overhung
to the left of the headstock became apparent (as on the just post-WW2 Pultra) the 4-step headstock pulley
was carried on a hardened, ground and lapped spindle between a pair of
adjustable conical bronze bearings. Lubrication was provided by built in
capillary-action oilers, a considerable advance on the hit-and-miss oil-can
method thought to be adequate by so many competing manufacturers. Instead of a
plain, collet-mounting nose the designer provided a substantial thread, backed
by a long, supportive register, the intention being to provide as rigid
amounting as possible for chucks, faceplates and stepped collet closers. The
nose was bored to accept draw-in 8 mm collets (by screw tube or lever-action
closer) and the outside face of the largest diameter of the headstock pulley
carried two circles of dividing holes – 60 and 48 – with a built-in indexing
pin unit. A ring of 12 holes was also drilled into the opposite end of the
pulley and intended to be used as a means of locking the spindle when changing
nose fittings.
Available tailstocks with sliding and lever-operated spindles were offered,
the latter able to take 8 mm collets and fitted with a micrometer stop for use
when drilling. None were fitted with a screw feed, the lever type being judged
to have superior feel when undertaking delicate drilling.
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