Paula
Titanium
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2005
- Location
- Indiana, USA
My apologies for this shameless tool gloat, but you see so few of these around that I thought that some of you might like a glimpse of the one I recently refurbished. I've only seen one other set on this forum, that one belonging to atwatterkent, though I know there must be others. A decent example sold on eBay about a year ago:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/haplesspeanut/Main/INDXCTR.jpg
The South Bend Indexing Centers (CE9635) is another one of those accessories that seems to have more value as a collector's item than a useful tool. Nevertheless, it is nicely made, and though of rather small size, is fully capable of precision work. Here is a catalog description from 1956:
I acquired my set of Indexing Centers from another SB forum member, 'shakermountain', who came to the forum looking to sell some SB accessories, and disappeared about as suddenly as he arrived. Now, I had been kind of looking out for a set of these centers for some time. When I saw that 'shakermountain' had one for sale, I PM'd him an offer, he countered, and I accepted. I wound up getting them for less than half their new cost (adjusted for inflation). Though the "shepherd's crook" index pointer was missing, all appeared to be in pretty good condition (the clamp dog on the right was not included):
When the item arrived, I was pleased to find that it didn't look like it had ever been used. There was still a fair amount of cosmoline gumming up the wormshaft mechanism, and no evidence any wear whatsoever. There are a few "storage dings", but after a thorough clean-up, a few minor repairs, paint job, and a new pointer, here is the result:
I've got a project coming up where I need to make several small gears, and I just may be using this tool for the job.
Paula
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/haplesspeanut/Main/INDXCTR.jpg
The South Bend Indexing Centers (CE9635) is another one of those accessories that seems to have more value as a collector's item than a useful tool. Nevertheless, it is nicely made, and though of rather small size, is fully capable of precision work. Here is a catalog description from 1956:
I acquired my set of Indexing Centers from another SB forum member, 'shakermountain', who came to the forum looking to sell some SB accessories, and disappeared about as suddenly as he arrived. Now, I had been kind of looking out for a set of these centers for some time. When I saw that 'shakermountain' had one for sale, I PM'd him an offer, he countered, and I accepted. I wound up getting them for less than half their new cost (adjusted for inflation). Though the "shepherd's crook" index pointer was missing, all appeared to be in pretty good condition (the clamp dog on the right was not included):
When the item arrived, I was pleased to find that it didn't look like it had ever been used. There was still a fair amount of cosmoline gumming up the wormshaft mechanism, and no evidence any wear whatsoever. There are a few "storage dings", but after a thorough clean-up, a few minor repairs, paint job, and a new pointer, here is the result:
I've got a project coming up where I need to make several small gears, and I just may be using this tool for the job.
Paula