AMO watchmaker's lathe?

[PekkaNF]

I got one of this kind of small lathe. I didn't get anything else, but carcass of the lathe with a draw tube. Looks like a 8mm? collet.

I wonder if this is ever going to be of any use.

Pekka

[Manxmodder]

Pekka, I can't see it anywhere on the lathes.co.uk archive. Perhaps it would be worth adding it to their lists,it could be quite rare.....OZ.   http://www.lathes.co.uk/page21.html

[philf]

Pekka, I can't see it anywhere on the lathes.co.uk archive. Perhaps it would be worth adding it to their lists,it could be quite rare.....OZ.   http://www.lathes.co.uk/page21.html

Nor is it mentioned in Donald de Carle's book on watchmaking lathes.

Phil.

[PekkaNF]

Thanks

I checked Tony's site and I could not find not find it either.

Also thank you for the other site. I just bought it to make small parts in my den. But if it is something rare I and someone might need parts of it I might not convert it beyond repair.

Seller told me that the the original owner was a camera repair shop and the shop was full of stuff no-one understood....the lathe (probably a lot of parts missing...) was sold to a guy who kept it collecting dust. When he passed away, relatives were selling the accumulated stuff and that's how it ended to me.

I thought that I just bought a piece of bed and parts that would make a nice instrument lathe building practice.

The bed is really heavy and has huge slot for T-nut. It has a drawtube for collets, but I have no idea what collet it would be.

Pekka