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Steiner boxed set

The Swiss Steiner brand, once world famous for producing particularly high quality 8 mm watchmakers' lathes of a simple, elegant but unusual design was eventually taken over by Y. Thiebauld of Bole, but with trade continuing under the original name.
The lathe was unique in its class for having a bed of round section, with a flat underneath, and that part of the bed where the slide or T rest fitted being pierced by a vertical slot to accept a though bolt by which means the accessories were secured in place.
Like most European manufacturers Steiner offered their lathe in several version, with beds of different lengths as well as fully or partially-equipped variants in fitted wooden boxes. All Steiner lathes appear to have been of 41 mm centre height.
If you own a Steiner lathe and can help to expand this section by providing photographs or copies of sales or instructional literature, the author would be pleased to hear from you.

Steiner beds: at the top the heavy No. 4 lathe bed that was 10.25  inches (260 mm) long; in the middle the No. 4a bed  91/2 inches (241 mm) in length and 1 lb in weight and at the bottom the No. 4b bed (85/8 inches (219 mm) long and weighing 12 ozs.

The basic Steiner Headstock , the No. 5, contained a hardened steel spindle running  in hardened double cone bearings and able to accept 8 mm collets. Surprisingly, number of holes in the indexing ring was limited to 12 although, as compensation, the locating pin ran through the body of the headstock and so provided a superior location to that afforded by the pivoting spring-steel strip fitted by some other makers.

Numerous tailstock were available including this example, the No. 7, that was fitted out so as to be suitable for very fine turning and drilling work. The barrel accepted draw-in collets, of which three were provided with the unit.

The Steiner No. 8 tailstock fitted with a barrel holding a slide runner (a cross slide by which could, by rotating the barrel, be made eccentric in all directions) a useful facility for pivoting and hand-turning work. 2 pulley were included of 12 and 22 mm diameter.

No. 6 tailstock with a simple push-barrel but one equipped with a draw-in facility for holding chucks and runners.

The simple tailstock No. 9 with a plain push barrel


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