This one has me stumped, what is it?

[vtcnc]

So, Jim, I think you have part of a gantry grinder. This one seems to be set up for OD on large pipe. Possibly for chamfering large oil pipe. Just my guess, but chamfering mills used to look much like that. Not worth a wooden nickle without the head.

But it looks like the box is made of plywood?! Would that be able to handle those kinds of stresses?


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[Dabbler]

The plywood is definitely a table to rest it on.

I withdraw my 'pipe' comment... the dovetail head seems to be cable driven from the right side of the photo, not something I've seen in any of these machines.

The rounded rollers on the lower part reminded me of the gantry mills used for chamfering pipe in the 60s. so I'm totally stumped!

 

[hman]

Durn! The posting has expired.

If it'd still been available, I'd have said that the BEST way to figger it out woulda been to just off and buy the durn thang.

Maybe you'll get lucky, and they'll re-post ...