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Fixing up an old dividing head

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Stilldrillin:
Nicely done VT!  :clap: :clap:

For many years, I worked an Archdale universal mill. (Made in 1935, I believe).

The Archdale dividing head was very similar to yours. Often used to mill spirals.

It was blummin heavy!  :bugeye:      Took 3 of us to lift it, as we had no crane........   :palm:

David D

vtsteam:
Thanks guys!  :beer:

Dsquire I have a feeling I won't be using it to its full capacity on my mill drill! Amazing though what it was expected to do. I always thought of dividing heads as somewhat delicate. Driving a spindle is heavy work.

StillDrillin, do you have any pics of your old mill?

I've been re reading my old Gingery book on building a dividing head -- I think I will use it as a model for making the indexing pin, sector arms and fraction plates for the Kempsmith. The plates on the Gingery head were 5-3/4" -- just about right for this one, I figure. Plates can't be too big or they will interfere with clearance to the mill head when in certain positions.

I figure about half the swing capacity of the dividing head -- so in this case that would be right. Since Gingery has detailed out all of th other parts, it should be a fairly easy adaptation.

slowcoach:
Nicely done  :clap:  I've got an old Archdale vertical 18" mil, its built like a brick S%£t house. It's a brute of a machine but it does a fantastic job of removing metal  :thumbup:

Rob  :thumbup:l

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: vtsteam on May 08, 2013, 10:37:15 PM ---
StillDrillin, do you have any pics of your old mill?

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VT.
No pics of the actual machine. It moved on, 35 years ago! Can't find any similar pics, either.  :scratch:

Third one, and 7th one down this page show the ancestry....   http://www.lathes.co.uk/archdale/

"Mine" was larger. With the motor on top, driving through flat belt, to the rear mounted clutch. A universal machine, also with vertical head, which mounted on the column, not on the beams.

The twin beams were forehead height. I had to reach high for the clutch levers.

Top gear was 500rpm......

David D

vtsteam:
Photos restored to thread after Photobucket broke links.

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