On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:21:16 -0600, "Paul K. Dickman"
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On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 11:01:39 PM UTC-5, Clare wrote:
On 14 Jan 2019 01:57:30 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2019-01-13, JimmyMcGill wrote:
Hey does anyone know what the correct name for this 4 axis set up is
called and possibly who makes it?

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/what-is-the-name-of-this-5-axis-positioning-tool/?action=dlattach;attach=617821;image

It looks to me like a combination of a milling attachment for a
lathe (the vertical part replaces the compound), and a 2-axis X-Y table
missing the table top.

Is it sure that the same company made both parts? The bottom
(X-Y) part looks like something which Sears sold way back when.

Note that the handwheel on the vertical leadscrew is different
from those on the X and Y axes.

Enjoy,
DoN.
Looks like some kind of Rube Goldberg setup of some sort - - -
I'm thinking at leeast 2 more or less unrelated tools fastened
together.

Rube would have fun with that thing. g There is no way that combination
of slides and clamps could stand up to a cut made with any kind of
metalworking machine. It has looseness, flexing and backlash written all
over it.

The top part looks like a larger version of the milling attachment on my
South Bend 10L lathe, which is original equipment. In terms of relative
sizes, though, the X-Y base is much larger that on the assembly in the
photo.

--
Ed Huntress

Those are Atlases.
They use the same castings and dovetail sizes on several different
assemblies.
Someone frankensteined a 10" lathe milling attachment to the top of an X-Y
table that they removed the table from. They might have had to add a cross
slide from the 10" into the mix. I don't remember if the X-Y table had a
swivel.

Paul K. Dickman

Like I said - a "Rube Goldberg" setup - - -