help name this machinist tool

[int3414]

the slides are spring loaded
i find no manufacturer name
the box it was in is marked slide mirchometer?
is this tool any-good
missing parts?
looking for a name ,to offer for resale
thanks for your help!

 

[Outlawmws]

No clue on the name, but I'm guessing its for working under a microscope and makeing measurements.

 

[PBCampbell]

Looks like a stage, possibly for a mill. The cross hatching and circular oil stain makes me think there was a vise mounted to it. In addition the micrometers seem to be divided in hundreds.

 

[PBCampbell]

I'm not sure as to what you meant by spring loaded, but it could be an effort to reduce backlash.

 

[A_Pmech]

That's an instrument stage, not a machinist's tool. Although it may have been used as such.

It has a shop-brew look to it.

 

[NoiseRacing]

Its definitely a fine adjustment cross slide table of some sorts, kinda reminds me of the ones on lathes.

 

[PBCampbell]

The slotted screws make me think it may have a bit of age to it, and that cross hatching is evoking a memory of a finish technique that I can't quite remember. As to an inspection stage, that is a good possibility. Scopes of various sorts as opposed to traditional microscopes. One would have to get a better idea of the lead screw threading in order to better determine as this would require tens of thousands adjustments at a minumum.

 

[Danglerb]

I agree the look is shop brew. Machine tool use I can't see using aluminum rails, or having an unfinished surface.

 

[larry_g]

That would be an X-Y positioning slide for custom tooling of some kind. Look here for one manufacture http://www.milwaukeemachinetool.com/Multi-Axis_Modules.htm . Typically we would mount a fixture on that and an inspection tool, automatic screwdriver, ultrasonic welder, or others would do work to the unit in the fixture. The X-Y adjustment would allow quick adjustments if the process started to wander. That one looks to have never been used.

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no neat sig line

 

[OccupantRJ]

Looks like a positioning stage for an optical comparator. The ways on it use trapped balls that run on the rails. Look at the tracking marks on the ways.

 

[GrantCee]

Take a trip to a good physics or engineering research facility and you'll see lots of those. They're usually built in-house for a specific purpose and are rarely painted, finished, or even marked. Someone took some extra time on this one!

Unlike machine tooling they're not made to handle side loads but rather to position things very precisely. That's why they could get away a simple spring load to reduce backlash.

If you live near a major university it's likely to have come from one of their labs.