Help identifying a lathe part
Re: Help identifying a lathe part
OK, I'm going to go in a different direction than everyone else and say this is neither a milling nor a lathe part. To me it looks like a column for a multi-station drilling table. 2 to 5 of these would be bolted to a long cast iron table. Each would have a sliding head drill mounted to the face with the semi-circular holes and set to a fixed position above a fixture plate. The operator would then move the part being manufactured from station to station, drilling a series of predefined holes.
I haven't found the particular model yet.I also like Russ' idea of a column for a shaper/planer power feed.Re: Help identifying a lathe part
It sounds like Darren got that part with a used lathe purchase. The original owner may have picked that part up with the idea of cutting it down and making a milling attachment out of it at some point. So far I think Russ may have identified it as the column from one of those power feed units though. Pretty much everything seems to match up to there general design.
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Re: Help identifying a lathe part
Here is a photo of a complete power feed on a shaper (used for making molding) The two columns are 40mm dia. Ignore the saw dust!
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Re: Help identifying a lathe part
I get what you are all saying. But my part doesn’t really look like any of those... I do have another part that I think may be related to it that is part of a Heath lawnmower sharpener... I am resigning myself to thinking that it was purchased separately with the intention of using it for something else... I was hoping that someone on here would be able to say, oh yeah I have one and this is what it is... oh well.. maybe some day someone will know what it came from...
Re: Help identifying a lathe part
Years ago I saw an old school engine cylinder boring machine. Your UMO (Unidentified Machining Object) reminds me of that. Now this was at least 35 years ago and I didn't have a close look at it.
From memory of what I was told it was for old cars (early 1900's 1920's etc) to re-bore them with the engine block still in place in the car. The machine was bolted into place on top of one bore using the holes for the head bolts/studs and then the machine head was used to bore the cylinder next to the machine.
Might be another path for you to investigate.
regards
peter
From memory of what I was told it was for old cars (early 1900's 1920's etc) to re-bore them with the engine block still in place in the car. The machine was bolted into place on top of one bore using the holes for the head bolts/studs and then the machine head was used to bore the cylinder next to the machine.
Might be another path for you to investigate.
regards
peter