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buck
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:59 am    Post subject: What is an indexingt pin? Reply with quote
I saw a picute the other day of the headstock of a lathe and there was a
small pin that stuck out just next to the spindle. It was called out as an
indexing pin but I have no idea on how it works or what it does..... I
assume you use it to turn your piece to different degrees but I don't know
what the pin "indexes" into...

Thanks
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Ecnerwal
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:11 am    Post subject: Re: What is an indexingt pin? Reply with quote
In article <a6f42$4191587d$44a42dc1$21562@msgid.meganewsservers.com>,
"buck" <nottodaythanks@covad.net> wrote:

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indexing pin but I have no idea on how it works or what it does..... I
assume you use it to turn your piece to different degrees but I don't know
what the pin "indexes" into...

A disc with holes drilled in it (often but not always a multiple of 12 -
24, 48 are common) which is affixed to the spindle. Helps to put reeds
and flutes and spokes and such things in the right places, but I don't
personally consider any of that "turning", though they are common
decorations applied to turnings.

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