Try the Schaublin 70 catalogue dated 1971:

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/03/2019 08:51:30

I followed MichaelG's link to the Schlaublin 70 catalogue of 1971 and was impressed and bemused at the massive range of accessories and configurations available for this lathe. What a super bit of kit!

Can someone confirm my tentative identifications please:

Red Square 'A' – a lever operated tool-holder mounted on the cross-slide.

Blue Circle 'B' – a lever operated tool-holder mounted on the cross-slide for making circular cuts?

Blue Circle 'C' – a basic tool-holder? mounted on the lever-operated capstan tail-stock.

Red Circle 'D' – adjustable stops to limit movement of the capstan, if so why are there 4 of them?

Blue Square 'E' – ordinary screw-operated tail-stock normally fitted in place of the capstan tail-stock.

Clearly a versatile precision lathe that must have cost a fortune new. But is it a good lathe for the average Joe? The attachments would be brilliant for repetition work but wouldn't they rather get in the way for general hobby use? My experience consists mostly of making a series of one-offs, each involving several operations on an ordinary lathe, that wouldn't benefit from levers and capstans. Pairs of items aren't that unusual, but I don't think I've ever made more than a dozen copies of anything, and they were only pillars. Is my hobby experience typical or is everyone else busy doing lots of repetition work?

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 01/03/2019 10:06:52

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 01/03/2019 10:05:29:

" … But is it a good lathe for the average Joe? The attachments would be brilliant for repetition work but wouldn't they rather get in the way for general hobby use? …"

Probably not but I have long thought that a (sensitive) lever-operated cross slide would make parting off easier.

Edited By ega on 01/03/2019 12:23:58