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Clockmaker's throw. Adding a pulley and a wooden handwheel to a simple set of turns extends its versatility
13-01-01		 Clockmaker's throw. Adding a pulley and a wooden handwheel to a simple set of turns extends its versatility
13-01-02		 Brass Swiss mandrel. The mandrel is designed principally for turning watch plates and other flat items. The Swiss used a pair of skew-cut gears to drive the headstock. The bed is rectangular with compound slide and tailstock.
13-02-01		 Marking beam compass with vernier adjustment.
13-03-01		 Marking beam compass
13-04-01
Marking beam compass
13-05-01		 Brass bow drill with bow
13-06-01		 Brass bow drill.
13-06-02		 Dial marking compass
13-07-01		 Swing polishing tool. Clamped in the vice, the swing tool swings with the movement of the file or polosher to maintain a dead flat surface. They were much used in chronometer making.
13-08-01
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13-09-01		 Collection of hammers
13-10-01		 Small London-pattern screwdriver with rosewood handle.
13-11-01		 Compound slide for an American Whitcomb lathe.
13-12-01		 Early lathe with square bed. The compound slide is too lightweight to do good work, and it may well be a home-made project.
13-13-01
Old lathe with decorated poppet head. This shows an intermediate stage between the turns and the live centre lathe. The vice is clamped onto the copper cheeks.
13-14-01		 Old triangular bed lathe set up for wood turning.
13-15-01		 Swiss mandrel - (see 13-02)
13-16-01		 English brass mandrel. The English mandrel is driven by a leather belt from a handwheel (compare with the Swiss model exhibit 13-02). The compound slide is mounted on a flat bed and there is no tailstock.
13-17-01		 Lorch small screwcutting lathe.
13-18-01
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13-19-01		 Webster-Whitcomb watchmaker's lathe by Derbyshire tool Co. The rigid, heavy bed is a great improvement on many earlier models.
13-20-01		 Old brass lathe
13-21-01		 A miniature lathe adapted as a mandrel. It was probably made for a special job.
13-22-01		 A miniature lathe adapted as a mandrel. It was probably made for a special job.
13-22-02
Brass polishing lathe
13-23-01		 Brass polishing lathe
13-24-01		 Brass lathe for screw polishing
13-25-01		 Copper polishing lap in a brass frame. The copper lap would have been impregnated with diamond dust for polishing jewels
13-26-01		 A polishing lap with boxwood and copper polishing surfaces.
13-27-01
A miniature lathe adapted as a mandrel. It was probably made for a special job.
13-28-01		 Cutter frame to mount on the compound slide.
13-29-01		 Swiss rounding-up tool for finishing the tops of teeth.
13-30-01		 Set of rounding-up cutters
13-30-02		 Large clock depthing tool
13-31-01
depthing tools
13-32-01		 watch depthing tool
13-33-01		 Swiss uprighting tool in a turned wooden case.
13-34-01		 Balance staff measuring tool
13-35-01		 Balance staff measuring tool
13-36-01
Small measuring gauge
13-37-01		 Balance staff height measuring gauge.
13-38-01		 miniature polishing lap holder for mounting in the hand-rest hoder.
13-39-01		 Miniature brass pivoting lathe
13-40-01		 Pivot depth measuring gauge
13-41-01
Tool for forming balance spring ends (?)
13-42-01		 Tool for forming balance spring ends (?)
13-43-01		 small measuring gauge
13-44-01		 Balance staff measuring gauge
13-45-01		 small pivoting lathe
13-46-01
Balance staff measuring gauge
13-47-01		 Bezel cleaning tool
13-48-01		 small caliper
13-49-01		 Balance staff measuring gauge
13-50-01		 Cannon pinion closing tool
13-51-01
Poising tool with steel jaws
13-52-01		 Poising tool with steel jaws
13-53-01		 Poising tool with steel jaws
13-53-02		 Balance staff measuring gauge
13-54-01		 masuring gauge
13-55-01
Sector for determining the correct size of cylinders and balance wheels
13-56-01		 Set of turns converted into a basic lathe
13-57-01		 Brass mainspring winder
13-58-01		 Stell Swiss turns with triangular bed
13-59-01		 Ingold's fraise for finishing wheel teeth
13-60-01
Ingold's fraise for finishing wheel teeth
13-60-02		 Swiss Poising tool with jewelled jaws
13-61-01		 Swiss Poising tool with jewelled jaws
13-61-02		 tool for setting pallet stones
13-62-01		 Brass Swiss tool for finishing the top of cylinder scape wheel teeth
13-63-01
Brass Swiss tool for finishing the top of cylinder scape wheel teeth
13-63-02		 Small 6mm lathe with small flat bed.
13-64-01		 Small 6mm lathe with small flat bed.
13-64-02		 Swiss turns - Round bed with flat edge
13-65-01		 Small brass turns
13-66-01
Small brass turns
13-67-01		 Brass polishing lathe
13-68-01		 Brass drilling lathe
13-69-01		 bras clamoing tool
13-70-01		 Watch mainspring winder
13-71-01
Watch mainspring winder
13-72-01		 Tool for removing a small amount of metal from balance screws for poising
13-73-01		 polishing lap - see 13-26
13-74-01		 uprighting tool
13-75-01		 uprighting tool
13-76-01
Die-cast Cannon pinion tightening tool
13-77-01		 Cannon pinion tightening tool
13-78-01		 balance screw reducing tool for poising.
13-79-01		 Fusee tension measuring tool
13-80-01		 Poising calipers
13-81-01
Poising calipers
13-82-01		 Steel Swiss turns with rectangular bed
13-83-01		 Uprighting and drilling tool
13-84-01		 Cutter frame
13-85-01		 Small lathe mounted on an old date stamp frame!
13-86-01
Small brass turns
13-87-01		 Small brass turns
13-88-01		 Small brass turns
13-89-01		 Small brass turns
13-90-01		 Bow drill
13-91-01
Small Lancashire lathe adapted as a saw/slot cutter
13-92-01		 Small Lancashire lathe adapted as a saw/slot cutter
13-92-02		 18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-01		 18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-02		 18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-03
18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-04		 18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-05		 18th century wheel cutting engine
13-93-06		 18th century wheel cutting engine. The zinc dividing plate is a replacement.
13-94-01		 18th century wheel cutting engine. The zinc dividing plate is a replacement.
13-94-02
18th century wheel cutting engine. The zinc dividing plate is a replacement.
13-94-03		 Favorite (Swiss) staking set with an additional set of punches to extend its use as a jewelling tool.
13-95-01		 Mandrels and lathes
tool_display-01		 The display of small tools
tool_display-02		 The display of small tools
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Bill Turner's semi-automatic pinion cutter, with 18th century wheel cutters and screw head polishing tool
tool_display-04		 Mandrels and lathes
tool_display-05		 tool_display-06.htm
tool_display-06		 tool_display-07.htm
tool_display-07		 tool_display-08.htm
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