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  1. #1
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    Default What is this ? Lathe bed indexer or something else ?

    I recently bought a second hand Cincinnati milling machine and as usual it came with a collection of random things with it. Some useful, some not so, but this piece has me stumped. I'm pretty sure it doesn't belong with the mill and the seller previously had a Stanley Lathe and I think that it might have been for it.
    Does anyone know for certain what it is and what it would be used for. It looks like a indexing table but the underside looks kinda like it should go onto the bed of a lathe. It does appear to be broken at the V section bit under the shaft.

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    p.s. if I'm correct and it doesn't go with the mill I'm open to sell / swap for anything of interest as I don't think I will have any use for it.

    Thanks
    Wayne

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    Hi

    It is a (somewhat) crude form of rotary table/dividing head. The most common use for rotary tables is on a milling machine. It seems to me, from observing the underside, that it may have been adapted to fit the lathe (v-groove on one side and a "flat" on the other side). If I were you, I'd keep it. It could be a "project" to clean up and repair? Unless you want to purchase a new rotary table, you will find uses for this.
    Kind Regards

    Peter

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    Hi Wayne, it looks like a piece of useless scrap metal, that you better throw away, my way that is. Just joking,
    As Peter said, it appears to be a form of rotary table/dividing head. It could have been mounted to the lathe, to be used as a drilling positioner, or on a lathe that someone had mounted a milling machine to.
    Kryn
    To grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

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    ... or it might turn a lathe into a 'fixed height' horizontal boring machine.... seems quite ingenious to me, even it it is an adaptation.
    Cheers, Joe
    retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....

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