What Do I Have Here?

View attachment 122510 A friend of mine showed me an old piece that he has had several years. Something that was sold out of a small rebuild factory after it closed down. I ended talking him out of it and have cleaned up the bed and other pieces, while still working to disassemble the spindle. The piece looks "lathe like" in appearance in that it has a bed, a type of cross slide, and a spindle. It is branded "Hardinge" with a serial number on the spindle frame. The "cross slide" is...

What Do I Have Here?