Linear Drilling Machine Henri Hauser, Type M1

Biel, Switzerland (Bienne, Suisse)

In 1898, Henri Hauser founded a workshop for the manufacture of watchmaking machines and immediately recognized the potential for mechanization in the watch industry.


Henri Hauser jig boring machine, Type M1. General view of the machine on its cabinet.

I rely on proven Swiss quality: a Hauser M1 machine from the 1960s–70s. This machine serves as a coordinate machine, measuring microscope, and drilling machine.

Close-up of the Henri Hauser M1 jig borer: positioning scale and handwheels for table movement.

Its construction is extremely stable, allowing for fine milling work to be carried out on it.

Henri Hauser jig boring machine, Type M1: stable circular rotary table for high-precision drilling work.

The Hauser M1 is equipped with a round rotary table, a 35x magnification microscope, a center punch, and a drilling spindle.

Henri Hauser M1 jig borer: centering microscope with 35x magnification in the vertical slide.

It accepts B8 watchmaker collets. Despite its compact design, this machine offers an accuracy of up to 0.001 mm.

Henri Hauser M1 jig borer: metric scale with a precision of one-thousandth of a millimeter. Henri Hauser M1 jig borer: metric scale with a precision of one-thousandth of a millimeter, two rulers.

Technical Data of the Hauser Machine, Type M1:

Working Ranges:

  • Longitudinal travel (X-axis) 100 mm
  • Cross travel (Y-axis) 100 mm
  • Vertical travel (Z-axis) 40 mm
  • Distance between table and spindle 90 mm

Drilling Spindle:

  • Max. drilling diameter in steel 4 mm
  • Max. drilling diameter in cast iron 5 mm
  • Drilling spindle stroke (Z-axis) 40 mm
  • Max. reaming diameter 12 mm
  • Chuck type B-8
  • Collet clamping Ø 8 mm

Spindle Speed:

  • From 250 rpm to 2700 rpm

Dimensions:

  • Length 600 mm
  • Width 600 mm
  • Height 1400 mm
  • Machine weight approx. 120 kg

Equipment:

  • Round rotary table Ø 135 mm
  • Microscope 35x
  • Center punch