Identify these tools?

[steve dunfordParticipant @steve-dunford]

These 2 tools came with my Myford Lathe and I have no idea what they are and what they are used for.

First

Second

Any ideas?

Thanks

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Top one is an adjustable height centre, often paired with a rotary table or dividing head.
Bottom one a Myford swivelling vertical slide for milling on the lathe.

Bill

[John MCParticipant @johnmc39344]

First one looks like a tailstock for a dividing head.

Second is a Myford vertical slide.

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

I go along with the other 2.  The vertical slide is the later type with 2 holding bolts, a very useful bit of kit ! Noel.

[steve dunfordParticipant @steve-dunford]

That’s pretty impressive guys. 2 replies in 7 minute all while I’m sitting with a screen saying ‘your post is waiting to be moderated’.

So am I right thinking the first one has no function on my Super 7?

Steve

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

The first one will be useful when you get round to having a Dividing Head or Rotary Table, to ,provide support for the work (In the same way that the Tailstock can provide support for slendeer work in the lathe.

The Vertical Slide will enable you to do limited milling in the lathe.

The two bolt version is more rigid than the original single bolt one

Limited beacuse of both the range of adjustment, and rigidity of both the Vertical Slide and the lathe.

Used sensibly, it will increase the range of operations that you can do.

It can also be used for drilling / reaming holes to co ordinates, so is very useful bit of kit.

Time spent in cleaning and lubricating, bnoth tools, will be well spent.

Howard

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

The principle of the first one – the dividing-head tailstock – will be obvious when you set it with the centre bar itself level instead of pointing down at a strange angle.

It is adjustable for height to suit different dividing-heads, rotary-tables and similar; on a milling-machine. Though not apparent in the photos, it may have a tenon slot in its underside, to share a bar that aligns it along one of the machine table’s T-slots.

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The vertical slide is lying on its face in the photos. The T-bolts fit in the Myford’s cross-slide T-slots. I think you can buy small machine-vices made to fit it.

I don’t have a vertical slide, which is normally used to hold work-pieces for rectilinear milling with the cutter in the chuck or collet; but it’s struck me one of that pattern might be used to hold a small milling- and drilling- spindle.

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As others have said, very useful items wanting restoring to decent condition!

 

[steve dunfordParticipant @steve-dunford]

Hi Nigel

Now you mention it yes I do have the small machine vice in the box of bits so it all makes sense now.

many thanks.

Steve

[Nigel Graham 2]

On Nigel Graham 2 Said:

It is adjustable for height to suit different dividing-heads, rotary-tables and similar;

A more conventional way of putting this might be that it is adjustable in slope (both positive and negative) in order to facilitate working on tapered workpieces. On older ones, the centre is ground offset to the piece of round bar it is formed on to further aid in this use case.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

The Tailstock for my Rotary Table, looks very much like (But minus the rust and dirt) the one shown.

On the underside will be tappings and keywas, so that it can easily be aligned on the table of a milling machine.

On mine the keyway is a different size from the T slot on the mill. So made and fitted stepped dowels to align it.

To set it for height, (And to align the Rotary Table) I bored a 2MT soft arbor to a snug fit on the barrel of the tailstock.

With that in the Rorary table,having clamped the Tailstock to the table of the mill, entering the barrel into the stub arbor, sets the height and level of the barrel, so that it can be locked into posotion.

It also aligns the R T with the T slots of the mill table, at the same time.

It is frequently used to provide extra support for work held in a chuck on the Rotary Table.

Howard

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