Know more about Henri Hauser milling machine

[Steve Wan 1Participant @stevewan1]

Hi Folks

Greetings to all

Wonder anyone here owns a Henri Hauser milling machine? I like to copy the external belt drive and belt tensioning layout for my DIY mill. Appreciates any help here via photos or manuals. Many thanks ahead.

Regards,

Steve Wan

[Steve Wan 1Participant @stevewan1]

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

There may be some info on your mill HERE

regards

[Bob StevensonParticipant @bobstevenson13909]

There are a whole range of Hauser machjines, some with different drive arrangements.

 

You might like to email the horologist, author & engineer, J Malcolm Wild who adapted his Hauser mill, the work being described in BHI’s ‘Horological Journal’ about three years back (?). The original machine was driven by a pendant motor suspended above the spindle via a flexible drive………Malcolm decided that this was way below the engineering of the rest of the machine and developed his own new spindle/drive arrangement

 

looking at your album pix……..that is not a mill but a conventional jig borer.    these usually have a pivoting motor mount working in conjunction with a sliding intermediary pulley arrangement……..take a look at ‘Boley’ and ‘Leinen’ borers on Lathes uk….also ‘BCA’

Edited By Bob Stevenson on 15/03/2021 18:10:30

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Oldiron on 15/03/2021 17:17:48:

There may be some info on your mill HERE

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The model in Steve’s photos is on this page: **LINK**

http://www.lathes.co.uk/hauser/page5.html

MichaelG.

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 15/03/2021 18:28:29

[Steve Wan 1Participant @stevewan1]

Hi all, thanks I knew about http://www.lathe.co.uk runs by Tony. He's helpful and friendly.

But the small Hauser mill I'm looking at is not in his collection.

Bob, thanks I wrote to Malcolm for advise on his Hauser mill drive.

Guys, does anyone own a Deckel Pentograph GK2? It too has an interesting pendulum pulley drive.

Anyone likes to share more?

Regards,

Steve

[Bob StevensonParticipant @bobstevenson13909]

I'm not too sure EXACTLY what you are trying to do……If you can be a bit more specific there are probably people here who can give you specific help……

Are you building a mill from scratch?………or, are you trying to use the Hauser jig borer?……or, do you have a Hauser MILLING MACHINE?

At Epping Forest Horology Club we have a Boley jig borer which is very similar to the Hauser jig borer in your photos………It's about 100 years old and has unfortunately lost it's original clever drive system. At some point in it's long life it has been re-equipped with a set of pulleys and what looks like an early washing-machine motor!….it works very well!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Steve Wan 1 on 16/03/2021 05:07:49:

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But the small Hauser mill I'm looking at is not in his collection.

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Well I’m not going to argue with you, Steve … but there are pictures on pages 5 & 6 that look remarkably similar to the one illustrated in your Album.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Steve Wan 1 on 15/03/2021 16:34:20:

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I like to copy the external belt drive and belt tensioning layout for my DIY mill.

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@ Bob

The opening post seems pretty clear ^^^

MichaelG.

[Bob StevensonParticipant @bobstevenson13909]

@Micheal G…..

well quite!…as have been our attempts to help.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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