Precision Matthews BS-1 Dividing Head Full Review and How to Use - Part 1 of 2

In this review we fully strip down and clean up the dividing head, remove all the backlash, set it up on the mill and check all the runout and quality. Spoiler alert, it's a good one!

In this video what I refer to as Differential Indexing is actually Plain or Simple Indexing. The formula is correct for Plain/Simple Indexing. My apologies for the name mix up.

If you did not have a chance to see the unboxing video for this unit you can check it out here -    • UPS, FedEx, USPS - How excited are you to ...  

This video is broken down in the following sections:

Tear Down - 3:00
Clean Up - 9:15
Re-Assemble - 11:05
Making new washers - 15:00
Review all the parts - 18:20
How to Remove Backlash - 22:20
Learning How to use the Dividing Head - 26:25 (Includes Direct Indexing, Plain/Simple Indexing and Angular Indexing and all the formulas for each)
Set up on the Mill and Check for Run out and Quality - 41:20

The video was getting to long so to see the unit in operation for Direct and Plain/Simple Indexing - be sure to tune in for Part 2! I will add the link here when the video is loaded.

I go through the tear down and re-assembly pretty quickly. For a full video with step by step on the tear down and assembly check out this Bundy Bears Shed video -    • Chinese Semi - Universal Dividing Head Par...  

As always, thanks for watching!