For you machinists out there…
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For you machinists out there…
This is so damn cute, I just had to show it off. It’s a Derbyshire watchmakers’ lathe compound cross slide that I recently acquired. Designed for 50mm spindle height, takes 3/16” tools. Notice the hand-scraped slide ways, all three of them received that treatment. It is solidly caked with ancient dinosaur lube of some sort, I’ll probably dunk it in some sort of “Dissolv-All” for a month with intermittent ultrasonics to loosen everything up so that I can take it apart and clean it the rest of the way. Replacement leadscrew cranks will be on order soon from Derbyshire (yes, they are still in business and continue to make insanely high-precision machine tools).
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Nice!! Now, where's the rest of the lathe??
Matthew Walker
Owner/Craftsman, M&W Custom Trombones, LLC, Jackson, Wisconsin.
Former Bass Trombonist, Opera Australia, 1991-2006
Owner/Craftsman, M&W Custom Trombones, LLC, Jackson, Wisconsin.
Former Bass Trombonist, Opera Australia, 1991-2006
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Right here! Marshall “Webster-Whitcomb” pattern with chuck-holding lever-operated tailstock (the only one I’ve ever seen). There’s a 3-jaw chuck in the headstock spindle, but I have a large assortment of collet chucks also.
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Very nice. And the chrome!
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My father was a watch maker by trade. He had a machine very similar. I wish I knew what happened to it.
Matthew Walker
Owner/Craftsman, M&W Custom Trombones, LLC, Jackson, Wisconsin.
Former Bass Trombonist, Opera Australia, 1991-2006
Owner/Craftsman, M&W Custom Trombones, LLC, Jackson, Wisconsin.
Former Bass Trombonist, Opera Australia, 1991-2006
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Re: For you machinists out there…
So there's where you get your attention to detail.
"I know a thing or two because I've seen a thing or two."
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Have you ever considered making a valve cap with a watch built in?hornbuilder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:54 pm My father was a watch maker by trade. He had a machine very similar. I wish I knew what happened to it.
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Built-in metronome....mahlertwo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:27 amHave you ever considered making a valve cap with a watch built in?hornbuilder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:54 pm My father was a watch maker by trade. He had a machine very similar. I wish I knew what happened to it.
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Re: For you machinists out there…
Use one of the old Accutron movements that hummed at A=440. Built-in tuner!