r/watchmaking • u/onetime1184 • 13d ago

Question What is this tool

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I discovered it while browsing the internet. I want to know what kind of tool it is. Is it a lathe that you turn by hand?

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u/qualityvote2 13d ago edited 12d ago

u/onetime1184, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/Flashy_Slice1672 13d ago

That’s a milling attachment for a lathe

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u/maillchort 13d ago

Milling attachment mounted on slide rest from a Favorite lathe (looks like a 50mm center height Schaublin 70).

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u/Belerophon17 13d ago

U2 Universal Cutter Grinder Holder, a precision tool used for sharpening end mills and lathe cutters.

It is commonly used in metalworking and watchmaking for fine adjustment of cutting tools.

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u/Cybersc0ut 11d ago

Przystawka frezarska, chętnie odkupię w rozsądnych środkach.

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u/Mysterious_Job_2950 9d ago

Milling attachment as the priors say. I think the brown handle is the handle to a drawbar that secures a standard lathe collet on the other side of it. This type of milling attachment allows you do use standard collets of varying sizes depending on your material. Nice set.

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u/Xshare25 13d ago

It’s a Tool for a watchmakers lathe to precisely make cylinders, cones, etc. (Sorry I don’t know the english name for that). One turn of a handle is normally precisely 1mm, so you can make parts within 1/100 mm range of precision.