Sort of..... I took a piece of conduit and split one end, turned the outside of a nut to a taper that fit the slotted end and used a piece of ready rod to suck the tapered nut into the conduit locking the conduit in the spindle. I welded a hub on the other end and bolted a piece of aluminum plate to the hub. I drilled index holes using a drill mounted on the cross slide and indexed the spindle using a 60 and a 40 tooth saw blade. I am sure the accuracy is not extreme but it does fine for my purposes. You might check out Mikes Workshop at: http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/headstock-indexing-unit.html and http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/60-position-index-wheel.html for some good ideas on a similar modification for a smaller Sieg lathe.
Sort of..... I took a piece of conduit and split one end, turned the outside of a nut to a taper that fit the slotted end and used a piece of ready rod to suck the tapered nut into the conduit locking the conduit in the spindle. I welded a hub on the other end and bolted a piece of aluminum plate to the hub. I drilled index holes using a drill mounted on the cross slide and indexed the spindle using a 60 and a 40 tooth saw blade. I am sure the accuracy is not extreme but it does fine for my purposes. You might check out Mikes Workshop at: http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/headstock-indexing-unit.html and http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/60-position-index-wheel.html for some good ideas on a similar modification for a smaller Sieg lathe.
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