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Fixing up an old dividing head
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vtsteam:
All cleaned and oiled and starting to put it back together again.

I decided not to paint the main body at this point because I am afraid paint will seep down into the joint between the barrel and the main body casting. Since I wasn't able to take the dividing head fully apart, I can't mask these parts separately. I'll just have to keep it well oiled and protected.

It is still very stiff if I try to rotate the body -- but it should loosen up over time with use and once the lubrication has a chance to penetrate everywhere. Paint could make that worse.  It took quite a while to rotate the chuck end upright, as it finally is here. I wanted to put it in this position so I can use it to drill its own dividing plates.

The worm and wheel work well -- they were a little stiff, but cleaning and lubricating, and then working them some loosened them up. There is provision to adjust backlash in this dividing head.


vtsteam:
And finally, all together again. An enjoyable couple hours work.







vtsteam:
Must do list for this one still:

Make dividing plate
Make indexer

Would be nice list:

make a collet chuck to fit the head
make adapter for Sears/Atlas chuck thread
make new backing plate for the 3-jaw to suit
dsquire:
VT

Nice find and save. I downloaded the manual and had a look through it. Looks like there are a lot of possibilities if a person wants to use it to it's full potential. Thanks for shareing it with us.  :D :D

Cheers  :beer:

don

Meldonmech:
Hi VT,

             The soda does a good job, you have some nice little projects to complete.

                                 Cheers David
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