On Sat, 5 May 2012 17:39:32 -0400, "Wild_Bill"
wrote:

Yep, kinda the backwards method, but quick as far as not needing to
fabricate a proper sturdy holder for the Dremel handpiece.

Access to gears on a mini lathe (and numerous other models) is limited to
one small gear at the left end of the spindle.

For utilizing the spindle for a 3-position indexing task, a surface of the
jaws of the 3-jaw chuck should be adequate for equal spacing, or 4-jaw chuck
for 2 or 4 positions.

As Jim W mentioned a while ago, a hex nut is sometimes a convenient divider
reference.

Yeah, there have been a number of clever ideas used to provide
indexing on a a lathe spindle. One interesting one I saw used a set of
three or four fine-toothed gears mounted on a faceplate, allowing a
wide range of symmetrical divisions, located with a spring-loaded pin
that was mounted on the headstock.

At that point it starts to become a gymnastic exercise, but it works,
and it costs a lot less than the regular solutions.

--
Ed Huntress