I wasn't expecting this item to arrive for another week, and I had no idea what I was going to find on my front porch today. It came in a sturdy box with three straps. I picked it up to tote it to the shop, and was concerned to hear tink clink sounds as I walked. With some trepidation, I cut the straps, and cut open the box.The first thing I found was some meaningless generic inspection sheet. Youtube is full of videos of people checking these things out, and finding the actual errors on the actual product aren't even close to the numbers printed on the sheet. I figured this would be no exception, so I set the sheet aside and ignored it.Under the sheet was a decent quality manual. It's not terribly helpful, and I have no idea how to actually read the charts in the back. It's sort of written in English. It has some strange errors, but nothing horrible, and it's basically comprehensible. It's just not especially helpful. I figured I would go remedy that problem by digging up a copy of the real Brown & Sharpe manual, and that's when I discovered that the manual included with this product is pretty much a word for word and picture for picture copy. The pictures in the manual with this product are actually more helpful, and the charts in this manual are easier to read. So neither one of them is going to teach me much about how to use this accessory, but the Chinese manual is actually a bit better than the original on the whole.The product itself seems to be made quite well. I haven't cut any gears yet, because it arrived before my gear cutters. What I have done is play with everything. The action when cranking the chuck around is very smooth. The action of locking the direct indexing plunger into the holes in the front plate just couldn't be any better than it is. It has just enough slop to function without feeling sloppy. The action of dropping the plunger on the crank into holes on the indirect indexing side plates feels a little janky, but it's not bad. I've never used a real B&S dividing head, and I imagine it might feel slightly janky as well. That's just kind of what the mechanism is. It doesn't seem like anything is wrong with it, or that it's made poorly. The fit and finish of the little indexing arms that rotate around the plate is just impressive.The chuck feels pretty cheap, because, let's face it, it is a pretty inexpensive 3-jaw scroll chuck. I decided to take it apart and have a look. To get it off the dividing head, I locked the direct indexing plunger into one of the holes, put the chuck key into one of the holes, and tapped the key a couple of times with a dead blow hammer. It came right off. The provided thread protector collar fits perfectly, and the drive center does as well.The chuck itself is made better than I really expected. It feels like maybe it could have used deburring or polishing or something. The parts fit together a little too snugly. The leading edge of the scroll is kind of vague and hard to see when it's coming arou
Justin Gordon 
