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What head is on my Clausing 8520

wheatswake

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What head is on my Clausing 8520?

Hello all, new guy here with minimal knowledge. I have done some mill work on an old Bridgeport, so I do have some experience. I just bought this Clausing 8520 and a Sheldon EXL-44B for $1000. I got the mill home to realize it has some other head on it with no markings. It does accept R-8 collets but I have no idea what head it is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

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I’m also interested in knowing who made it. Have been looking for a Bridgeport R head, but this one looks like it would also work.

L7
 
That looks a lot like a Rockwell head but it's not.
There was a company who made them before Rockwell bought them out.
Starts with a C , centrix, centax, centex something like that.
 
Tony’s lathe.co.uk mentions Centex. If it’s this one the cylindrical ram should be integral with the head.

L7
 








 
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