Due to the weight and complexity I think not but you might be on the
right lines. It may be for bench mounting the cat for when you want to
wash and manicure it. The swivelling base should allow you to stay put
and just rotate the cat.

Tom Gardner wrote:

"David Billington" wrote in message
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I was given this tool some years ago by a machinist specialising in gears
and splines that didn't know what it was. I thought it might be of some use
on a mill but haven't used it yet. The tool was manufactured by the Monarch
Tool Company Ltd, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, UK.
Internet searchs found no reference to the company.
The tailstock is spring loaded and when the headstock spindle is rotated
anti-clockwise as you look from the tailstock moves towards the tailstock.
It sit on a graduated swivelling base.
http://metalworking.com/DropBox/monarchmysterytool.txt
http://metalworking.com/DropBox/monarchmysterytool.jpg

Any thoughts as to what its purpose is would be appreciated.


It is the prototype for this:
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/cat.jpg

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