casting identification

Hi All

I would be very grateful for someone could help identify the castings in the photos. I have been clearing a friends workshop and came across these casting in a box and would really like to know what they are for.

I thank all in advance for taking a look

Andy

A rule or familiar object for scale would help, if you can supply - of at least give us the basic measurements.

The larger casting appears to include bearing journals and suggests the headstock for a small lathe. It looks as if the owner had just started to machine it.

The smaller one could be almost anything though a pipe-fitting manifold comes to mind.

Any clues from your friend's main engineering line? Any drawings about? (He may have kept them in the house.)

Tool & cutter grinder kit?

Might pay you to ask Kirk from Hemingway he has lots of info on castings

"A rule or familiar object for scale would help, if you can supply - of at least give us the basic measurements."

Hi The large casting basic dimensions are 3" in all directions, large boss 1" diameter with 7/8" gap one is 7/8" long the other1"1/4. The gap is 1"5/8 between the lugs.

The small casting is 5/8" diameter 2" long with 4 off 3/8" bosses.

My friend was a keen clock man but also made many tools for the Myford ML7 lathe.

Thank you all again for any further help

Andy

Edited By The home engineer on 14/05/2021 12:46:06

They might have nothing to do with model making activities. The larger casting could easily be part of a loom or other industrial machine that was picked up by some factory or foundry hand because it looked like it might be made into something at home.