Lathe indexing wheel attachment

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Found the need/ want for an indexing wheel for my hafco al250g lathe.
Set about making my own using scraps i had laying around.
Made the index wheel on my diy cnc from 4mm aluminium plate. It has 3 rows of holes, 30, 40 and 50 hole which will give me a wide range of divisions which should cover most if not all i would ever need.
If i do need an odd division, i can always make a new plate.
The spindle bore on my lathe is 26mm so i adopted an idea from bicycle head stems in order to fix the index wheel boss to the my spindle bore.
The boss was turned from a piece of 4140 then drilled, threaded and 45° cut to form the locking clamp.
Locating pin was turned from a piece of chromed rod out of an old photocopier and the knob turned and knurled from brass.
Mounting is a bit crude at the moment, im working on another pin but this will do for now. I will have 2 spacer blocks to raise the pin assembly to match outer rings of holes.

Thanks baskarz! We've added your Lathe Indexing Wheel to our Lathe Accessories category,
as well as to your builder page: baskarz's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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cool man thanks