Like...It could one of a million different lathes.
I'll check.There's something here that says 7/8-12 was used on some Myford ML4 lathes.
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Google finds a few 7/8-12 LEFT HAND chuck adaptors, for wood lathes. It might be worth verifying that neither of yours is left hand thread.