Rare Accessories

Pittler produced many variations of accessories, some are well known but others are perhaps quite rare and produced in limited numbers. I have obtained some different Pittler catalogues to the ones usually seen and they show some quite interesting attachments such as a chain driven cutting frame and an amazing double capstan head with both length and cross feed. 

The first two photo's below are from a German Pittler catalogue dated 1894, it's 60 pages feature  many variations of B and C  lathes not found in any of the later catalogues issued in English. On the left is a strange mechanism fitted on a cross-slide at the rear of the tray casting. It is an unusual design of a copying device that seemingly follows a profile slot cut in to the  top or side of the attachment, it tilts the shank of the cross-slide as it move across the bed. The copy device that became standard on the C3 was worked from the front of the lathe, I have the two rings that are part of this equipment See Here   for details of how it worked

 The actual lathe itself shows to be a model C but quite unlike later versions  of the C lathes.  The other catalogue photo shows a huge attachment powered by a universal joint in a similar way to the C3 lathes. The translation of the text shows it to be an automatic device for  the automatic dividing and milling of helical and spur gears.