12-31-2015, 10:45 PM
Thanks Harold, I actually downloaded that document just after making my last post- as Sunset said, a very good reference with what appears to be a comprehensive set of charts.
Having had a browse through the document, I'm not so convinced that this head is a Kempsmith. It looks more like this one from Vilh Petersen, which is a similar design
which i think is the same unit as the one pictured in post #3 of this thread on PM:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/gen...ead-73589/
There is no facility to disengage the worm for direct indexing, as there is on the Kempsmith according to the book.
The drive gear spindle is on a bracket that gets bolted to the side of the dividing head, my unit has a set of holes that appear to be the same pattern as in these photos. Having dismantled it yesterday afternoon, I can still find no maker's identification on it anywhere, just a patent number and a 'con' (consignment? contract?) number stamped into it. No holes where a nameplate appears to have been riveted in the past either.
It appears to be a quality head, I may keep it as my Vertex one would probably be easier to sell, although I have a tailstock for the vertex and not for this one. Don't know how big of a deal that is?
Having had a browse through the document, I'm not so convinced that this head is a Kempsmith. It looks more like this one from Vilh Petersen, which is a similar design
which i think is the same unit as the one pictured in post #3 of this thread on PM:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/gen...ead-73589/
There is no facility to disengage the worm for direct indexing, as there is on the Kempsmith according to the book.
The drive gear spindle is on a bracket that gets bolted to the side of the dividing head, my unit has a set of holes that appear to be the same pattern as in these photos. Having dismantled it yesterday afternoon, I can still find no maker's identification on it anywhere, just a patent number and a 'con' (consignment? contract?) number stamped into it. No holes where a nameplate appears to have been riveted in the past either.
It appears to be a quality head, I may keep it as my Vertex one would probably be easier to sell, although I have a tailstock for the vertex and not for this one. Don't know how big of a deal that is?
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