The Wade Bench Profiling Machine was designed to produce duplicate recesses in blocks and plates - such as die blanks, gun and revolver plates, etc.
The spindle covered an area of 2 x 4 inches with a vertical movement of 11/4".

Wade Automatic Pinion Cutter.
This type of machine was made by many precision lathe makers as an adjunct to their work with watch and clock factories. It was used to produce accurately cut "wheels" (gears) for use in scientific instruments and meters, electrical control apparatus and other mechanically controlled items which often relied, in the days before electronics, upon a myriad of interlocking, pivoted, articulated and geared mechanical assemblies. A good example of this type of construction would be the mechanical "torpedo-run" computer carried on submarines. If you ever have the chance to acquire one (most were sold off many years ago, and cannibalised) buy it - and marvel at the no-limit-on-cost precision miniature engineering it contains.
The Wade machine had its Cutter Spindle was mounted on dovetail slides, which allowed both a horizontal and vertical movement, whilst delicately-adjustable stop screws controlled the depth and location of the cut.
The Work Arbour Spindle was mounted in a slide, which moved horizontally at right angles to both cutter movements. Attached to the Work Slide was an Arbour Support - which is shown moved to one side in the illustration above.
The cycle of operation was as follows: the work fed past the cutter, the cutter lifted out of position, the index mechanism operated and the work slide returned for the next cut. The index mechanism was a friction type, with a positive lock and automatically stopped the machine after one revolution of the work.
Once set and running the device required little attention, and it was possible for an operator to attend to several machines; the machine was started by raising the lever. Shown protruding from the front face of the bench.
The gear blanks (which could be a maximum of 3-inches in diameter) were slipped from a previously-loaded charger onto the work arbour, which located them by the inner diameter of their rims. The stack of blanks, which could be up to 21/4-inches long, was held tightly against the arbour shoulder by a nut whilst a centre could also swung into position to provide extra support.
A cutter of 11/4" diameter was recommended (although a non-standard one could be used) and the work spindle accepted the Wade No. 3 standard chuck.
The machine was supplied with one index plate and one cutter arbour; it occupied a bench space of 20" x 24" and was 10" high. Its weight, with a countershaft assembly, was 110 lbs..