AlanS
Active Member
I really admire the designs of George Thomas, having made most of them over the years. Castings are available for his versatile dividing head and universal pillar tool. They, like all of his designs are suited for smaller workshop equipment, particularly the Myford series 7 lathe. When I built my versatile dividing head I “supersized” it by a factor of approximately 150% and as a result had to use fabricated and billet components. This picture shows the dividing head in use drilling and milling the starting bar holes in the flywheel for my model Cat Sixty crawler tractor.
When I made the spindle I screw cut the end the same as my Atlas 10 inch lathe so I could share chucks. The dividing plate is 3/8” thick and drilled double sided.
When I made the spindle I screw cut the end the same as my Atlas 10 inch lathe so I could share chucks. The dividing plate is 3/8” thick and drilled double sided.