Still highly sought-after in all it forms, Schaublin's smallest lathe started life in the 1920s as the Type 65 (65 mm centre height) and was developed, during the 1930s, to become a very much more rigid and versatile machine. After WW2 the model was dropped (though it ran for a time alongside the newly-introduced Type 70 (70 mm centre height) - that model still being Schaublin's current smallest precision plain lathe. The 70 can be supplied as a Toolmakers' (model TO), Second Operation (TL) or fitted with a Turret (TR) and either as a bench-mount machine using a rear-drive countershaft (as illustrated below) or on a superb cast-iron incorporating an underdrive motor system. A good range of accessories is still available - though nowhere near as many as in previous decades - including several different types of headstock to take either type W or type F collets and bed-mounted capstan units and cut-off slides for production use. Many accessories are interchangeable over several generations of manufacture, for example, the older and much larger capstan turret can be used in place of the smaller, lighter later version - or visa-versa. A tip when looking for the F-16 collets that fit a Schaublin 70 is to ensure that they are exactly the correct type: Art.76-104.
70 mm x 275 mm Schaublin Model 70 high-precision lathe
A Schaublin 70, complete with all the essential extras, as manufactured in the mid 1970s
The beautifully-made compound slide rest was a miniature version of that used of the larger 102 model
An essential component to get the best from a bench mounted lathe is the countershaft - this is the proper Schaublin unit with 2-speed motor and a fully-adjustable integral "overhead" to power toolpost-mounted high-speed grinding and milling heads.
Schaublin Model 70 from the 1960s arranged for fitting to an underdrive stand
Schaublin Model SV65 lathe from the 1920s. Later models (shown towards the bottom of the page) are quite different, more highly-developed and modern-looking machines - and very easily recognised
Early Schaublin Model 65SV carrying a "pump-centre" faceplate