When I bought a clone Bridgeport mill I was lucky and it came with a dividing head. Now, not having owned or used one before I’ve tried to find a manual for it without luck. if anyone has a copy that they could let me have a copy of I’d be extremely grateful.
I think it will divide both the spindle but also rotate the spindle vertically, however, the controls are very stiff and the gears to vertically index it don’t seem to want to mesh..........or I may have got it all wrong and they are fir something else. I’ve taken off the dividing plate, and everything was well oiled.....buy very old oil. What I’ve seen suggests to me it was extremely well engineered.
Any background on the head would be really interesting.
The centre support also came with it, but isn’t for the dividing head, the centre is too low so I need to make a riser block.
I think it will divide both the spindle but also rotate the spindle vertically, however, the controls are very stiff and the gears to vertically index it don’t seem to want to mesh..........or I may have got it all wrong and they are fir something else. I’ve taken off the dividing plate, and everything was well oiled.....buy very old oil. What I’ve seen suggests to me it was extremely well engineered.
Any background on the head would be really interesting.
The centre support also came with it, but isn’t for the dividing head, the centre is too low so I need to make a riser block.