This man should be able to tell you.
George Bower, California
http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.u...C%20California

Why? He worked for the company in Kirkheaton.


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The Road Warrior Hobbit


"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.
|