What Model Dumore Tool Post Grinder For A Sb9a?

I ended up getting a Dumore #44. The website indicates it is sized for 8"-14" lathes, has a 1/4hp motor. Comes with several pulleys of various sizes and a wheel or two. I haven't received it yet. Bought it off eBay for $182, including shipping. I'll have to wait until it gets here to decide whether I did well or not, I guess.
 
I have just picked up a Dumore No.5 for the right price and plan to fit it to my Harrison L5. The spindle centre height is about 6mm too high if I just bolt the Dumore down to the compound slide. After a bit of thinking, my fix is to fabricate a custom mount that will tip the Dumore thru 90 degrees. Basically an angle plate - similar to the one that mounts the vertical slide. The Dumore spindle can be about the same horizontal distance from the centreline of the compound slide. The Dumore will end up with the motor up a bit higher and the belt going up-down rather than towards and away from the operator. I have some chunky short lengths of angle iron that I can gusset to make a very rigid bracket. A lump of cast iron the right size would perhaps be better. You could then choose to machine it at an angle a bit less than 90 degrees if you wanted to optimise the orientation of the Dumore.
 
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