Unknown lathe attachment

[byawor]

I think this is to cut gears on a lathe maybe Myford. Can anyone confirm?

 

[djc]

It has a family resemblance to a Potts-type attachment, but is not that brand.

https://www.lathes.co.uk/potts/index.html

If you measure the hole pattern on the base, that would tell you if it fitted a Myford T-slot cross-slide.

 

[clockworkcheval]

I see an involute gearcutter attached. It seems to me you can mount it on any lathe, maybe with an interface attachment.

 

[BrianC]

I agree that it is a gear cutting attachment, possibly for a Myford but not made by them. A number of years ago a similar attachment was described in Model Engineer. It was at the time when M E was in the small format so possibly late 50s.

 

[byawor]

I think this was made from castings sold by Woking so a long time ago. Would be nice to find the plans

 

[BrianC]

I think this was made from castings sold by Woking so a long time ago. Would be nice to find the plans

The design I was thinking of was published in volume 105 so early 50s. Contributor was A R Turpin