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Alex1N: Fixture plate for milling the "4th axis" feet under way
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Alex1N: Eight holes
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Alex1N: Jeffree 4th-axis/Mk 2 Dividing Head fixture plate almost complete
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Alex1N: Headstock fixture plate attached
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Alex1N: TAIG lathe headstock mounted upside down to check milling fixture
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Alex1N: Before...
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Alex1N: During...
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Alex1N: After...
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Alex1N: Slightly closer-up view of the headstock's stumps
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Alex1N: Ready for the next stage
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Alex1N: The patient, waiting patiently for cosmetic surgery
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Alex1N: Cleaning up the headstock's stumps
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Alex1N: Brake shoe in place
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Alex1N: The recessed regions of the brake were turned on the TAIG lathe in the four-jaw chuck
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Alex1N: Another view of the dividing head spindle brake
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Alex1N: 0.005" to go...
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Alex1N: Done! Completely legless!
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Alex1N: Newly-milled ventral surface of former headstock
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Alex1N: Piece of 10 x 50 mm Al bar sitting on its new home
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Alex1N: Yet another view of the milled surface
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Alex1N: Bottom plate milled
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Alex1N: Another view of the slightly wonky bottom plate
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Alex1N: Parts for the leadscrew dog-clutch
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Alex1N: Mounting plate drilled and counterbored
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Alex1N: Four M4 mounting bolts
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Alex1N: First of four 7/32" mounting holes
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Alex1N: Four mounting holes drilled, one bolt posing for the camera
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Alex1N: Measuring the height of the spindle centre
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Alex1N: Mounting/base plate skimming finished
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Alex1N: Motor-drive end of the new dividing head body