RobCox
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I've got a sorry looking Victoria 10 inch dividing head in my workshop that I'm tarting up for @Smouser. He asked me to have a look at it after seeing the thread on the 7 inch Elliott I did a while ago. I've had fun and games getting it apart - I haven't come across a manual with an exploded assembly drawing that's accurate to this model - so I thought I'd post a bunch of pics and as much info as I can here in case some other poor sap has to sort one of these out.
This is it as I got it. It's a beast compared to the 7 inch model - far too big for my machines, but will look at home on the Elliott TV2 mill:
I'm afraid that pic is a bit blurred - too late now to go back and take one in focus.
First job was to get the chuck off. On the 7 inch I ended up parting off the back of the backplate to get the chuck off the spindle. This one's a bit big for the spindle to slide into the lathe bore, so I resorted to using the spindle lock to immobilize the spindle and protect the wormwheel and used the hammer in the pic together with the bronze punch to knock it off:
The chuck itself has been, er, modified:
Next move was to take the side casting off housing the dividing plate and the differential indexing/helical milling drive spindle off. Six 1/4-20 SHCS are removed to get this off, the two alignment pins stayed in place:
Nice . A taste of what was to come. It had been lubricated throughout, but with very viscous grease, into oil fittings. Once degreased, it wasn't in bad nick:
More high quality photography. To get these spindles out. the gear pulls off - it's held captive by the body when assembled - then a circlip on the end of the universal shaft allows that to be removed. The bevel gear at the back then pulls out. The indexing plate and handle come off the other side:
The lever at the top (underneath in it's assembled orientation) is used to lock the dividing plate when differential indexing isn't being used. In the unlocked position the pin retracts:
After this side assembly had been cleaned up, paint and rust removed, we are left with this pile of bits:
These have been loosely assembled so bits don't get lost or forgotten. I also dismantled and clened up the banjo and the stub spindles for the gear train. On close inspection. the banjo has had a miserable existence too:
This is it as I got it. It's a beast compared to the 7 inch model - far too big for my machines, but will look at home on the Elliott TV2 mill:
I'm afraid that pic is a bit blurred - too late now to go back and take one in focus.
First job was to get the chuck off. On the 7 inch I ended up parting off the back of the backplate to get the chuck off the spindle. This one's a bit big for the spindle to slide into the lathe bore, so I resorted to using the spindle lock to immobilize the spindle and protect the wormwheel and used the hammer in the pic together with the bronze punch to knock it off:
The chuck itself has been, er, modified:
Next move was to take the side casting off housing the dividing plate and the differential indexing/helical milling drive spindle off. Six 1/4-20 SHCS are removed to get this off, the two alignment pins stayed in place:
Nice . A taste of what was to come. It had been lubricated throughout, but with very viscous grease, into oil fittings. Once degreased, it wasn't in bad nick:
More high quality photography. To get these spindles out. the gear pulls off - it's held captive by the body when assembled - then a circlip on the end of the universal shaft allows that to be removed. The bevel gear at the back then pulls out. The indexing plate and handle come off the other side:
The lever at the top (underneath in it's assembled orientation) is used to lock the dividing plate when differential indexing isn't being used. In the unlocked position the pin retracts:
After this side assembly had been cleaned up, paint and rust removed, we are left with this pile of bits:
These have been loosely assembled so bits don't get lost or forgotten. I also dismantled and clened up the banjo and the stub spindles for the gear train. On close inspection. the banjo has had a miserable existence too: