{"id":1402,"date":"2015-02-26T01:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T08:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2015-02-26T01:58:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T08:58:44","slug":"new-watchmakers-lathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"New Watchmaker&#8217;s Lathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wahoo! My new watchmakers lathe finally showed up!  I have wanted a watchmakers lathe like this, or a turn, for about ten years. Its hard to find a complete one in good condition. <\/p>\n<p>Making a watch from scratch, meaning cuting everything from raw metal, is one of the projects on my bucket list. That project itself is long time off. For now I am just collecting horology books and tools and working on building basic skills. There\u2019s a lot of skills and concepts to pick up. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_boxed_2_26_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_boxed_2_26_2015.jpg\" alt=\"newlathe_boxed_2_26_2015\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So this type of lathe is made for turning very small objects between centers. What do I mean by very small? Well the lathe is bow driven, and it is not uncommon for people to use the core of a feather as the bow. The lathe dog that came with it is less than an inch long. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_P1_2_26_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_P1_2_26_2015.jpg\" alt=\"newlathe_P1_2_26_2015\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1117\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lathe comes with a number of centers of different sizes, as well as several varieties I have never seen before.  Several centers look hollow and bowed out forming a spring, so you can hold the work piece impaled on the pin. It\u2019s a fascinating method for holding the work piece, but given the low masses involved \u2013 and the high stiction forces \u2013 I can\u2019t see why it would not work. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_graverstand_2_26_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_graverstand_2_26_2015.jpg\" alt=\"newlathe_graverstand_2_26_2015\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1124\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found the graver cross slide support is unusual in that it is only held in place by friction. The graver resting on the support translates into a downward pressure that should hold the cross slide in place. I was surprised at this design choice, since the lathe does use a screw turn just sets the cross slide support angle. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_P2_2_26_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newlathe_P2_2_26_2015.jpg\" alt=\"newlathe_P2_2_26_2015\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1016\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The turns are held in a bench vise, hanging out over the watchmaker\u2019s bench. <\/p>\n<p>So now to go make some very small round things!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wahoo! My new watchmakers lathe finally showed up! I have wanted a watchmakers lathe like this, or a turn, for about ten years. Its hard to find a complete one in good condition. Making a watch from scratch, meaning cuting everything from raw metal, is one of the projects on my bucket list. That project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-ideas-project-ideas","category-watchmaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}