Anyone recognise This

Hello had this in a lot , looks like some sort of mini cross

slide seems well made and runs smoothly , no name I can see .

anyone recognise it ?

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any help appreciated 😊

Has the air of being some sort of science / metrology lab kit rather than machine tool. If its made from brass / yellow metal its almost certainly ex lab kit.

Clive

I would agree with Clive, it might have been part of an optical comparitor, but I didn't see any scales next to the handles.

Thanks

yes makes sense as only has a small grub screw on bracket to secure to some sort of table and I doubt could take any sort of force on it .

Thanks 😀

The leadscrew looks too substantial, and rather coarsely pitched, for ‘instrumentation’

Sorry, I don’t know what it is ... but I can think of many things that it probably isn’t !!

Sure to come-in useful one day though

MichaelG.

What is the thread on the top? - if 1/4 Whit it could be some form of adjustable camera mount

Could be part of some sort of sighting or aligning mechanism for weapons.
Dave W

Thinking the same.

Tony

Same thoughts, possibly mortar sighting - elevating & traversing but don't see any scales.

George.

That was my first thought. My father was a keen radio amateur, and in the early 50's he was advising a friend of his who dealt in ex WD equipment. It was a boys delight to look his yard, from memory most of it was of high quality, and probably over engineered.

If it is, there's a pretty limited range of movement, so I'd guess it's for (relatively) fine adjustment.

Thanks for all your input
I think going to have to put it in the MAYBE USEFUL draw 😉

The Bakelite hand wheel looks like the one off an old cast iron radiator