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Machine for Turning Arbors and Grinding Pivot Ends

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Pivot-turning lathe equipped with memory gauges and a grinding wheel, used for turning arbors and grinding pivot ends. Designed to be fixed to a workbench. Converted from a lapidary lathe. Features a complex carriage with seven stop levers and an attachment for burnishing using a grinding wheel.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH VI-164
Object type
Lathe
Dating
mid 19th c.
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
Bois, Acier
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions de stockage: 15.5 x 10.5 x 28 cm

Historical significance

  • Pivot-turning lathe equipped with memory gauges and a grinding wheel, used for turning arbors and grinding pivot ends. Designed to be fixed to a workbench. Converted from a lapidary lathe. Features a complex carriage with seven stop levers and an attachment for burnishing using a grinding wheel.
  • Its various accessories facilitate measurements and controls, indicate that it was used for small-scale production.
  • Attributed to Pierre-Frédéric Ingold, La Chaux-de-Fonds, mid-19th century.

Photographs

Machine for Turning Arbors and Grinding Pivot Ends (MIH VI-164)
Machine for Turning Arbors and Grinding Pivot Ends (MIH VI-164) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. VI-164: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/42901/

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