Technical Ted
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2017
Just wondered how common these are. I never dreamed that a piece of equipment made in the USA in the 1940's??? would have metric dials, but I'm convinced this one does. Dang! Maybe the slide is a lot newer than that???
When if first checked it out with a dial indicator, I thought one full revolution moved the slide 0.040" but now I'm convinced it's actually 1 millimeter. Going with the later, the numbers/divisions on the dials make sense. The longitudinal slide moves 2x the division that the cross slide moves.
Pictures of the machine, slide, cross feed dial, longitudinal dial and stamping on unit attached.
Ted
When if first checked it out with a dial indicator, I thought one full revolution moved the slide 0.040" but now I'm convinced it's actually 1 millimeter. Going with the later, the numbers/divisions on the dials make sense. The longitudinal slide moves 2x the division that the cross slide moves.
Pictures of the machine, slide, cross feed dial, longitudinal dial and stamping on unit attached.
Ted