yort81
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In the Seattle area.... South Bend lathes come up seldom...and when they do... they go for a premium price and they go quickly! I paid $450 for this one ... and it cam with nothing... and it came bare...lol (no chuck... no tool holder or tooling... wrench, thread dial etc) It did have the counter pulley and a motor that may or may not work.
First up... the ugly.... I knew the 80tooth idler gear had a chipped tooth... but when i got her home and took off the bull gear guard... there was a tooth missing on the back gear~small gear. The Bed was dinged up around the chuck area.. and a chip or two here and there... all in all....I dont think to bad...(ive never run a metal lathe ... and this is my first to own one). Someone has recently try to do a drunken home paint job on it.... so i might strip the whole thing down and see if i cant get rid of some of the rough spots and smooth things out with one color....(it needs to be pretty...yes?)
This weekend i'll begin stripping it down....I have purchased the "rebuild" kit from "FleaBay"... with the manual and the oiler felts as well as the new thrust bearing kit and some new oil gits...(there was a broken one on the gearbox)
Currently...im checking with a friend of mine who owns a machine shop to see if he can repair the missing tooth on the back gear.
One thing that is perplexing to me... is the tail stock spindle spins.... rotates when i try to crank it out or in....and will not work unless i hold it in position and then crank...so i took it apart and looked at it.... it seems to be missing the long key... but...i dont see how that keeps it from spinning in the tail stock... because the main casting doesnt have a slot/keyway for it to ride in like the spindle does....it's just a smooth bore.... and the manual doesnt have an exploded view of how that is supposed to work.... so if someone has some help for me here...I sure would appreciate it....
I am not terribly sure what im going to do for a chuck... I will initially be using this to turn metal pens...(ive been doing it on my grizzly wood lathe up till now...and it's tiring) the largest stock i will be turning to begin with will be 3/4 round stock to begin with (some stainless...i hope too) and ive been looking at a Beall Collet chuck and a set of ER 32 Collets (is that possible with the southbend 9?)
Also in conjunction with the chuck.... I'll need to get a tool holder and some tooling..... someone suggested the Diamond Tool Holder from a guy that makes them in Australia...(wow...almost $200) and I still have to buy a tool post too.... So... any and all help and advice would be most appreciated
Thank you .... Troy
First up... the ugly.... I knew the 80tooth idler gear had a chipped tooth... but when i got her home and took off the bull gear guard... there was a tooth missing on the back gear~small gear. The Bed was dinged up around the chuck area.. and a chip or two here and there... all in all....I dont think to bad...(ive never run a metal lathe ... and this is my first to own one). Someone has recently try to do a drunken home paint job on it.... so i might strip the whole thing down and see if i cant get rid of some of the rough spots and smooth things out with one color....(it needs to be pretty...yes?)
This weekend i'll begin stripping it down....I have purchased the "rebuild" kit from "FleaBay"... with the manual and the oiler felts as well as the new thrust bearing kit and some new oil gits...(there was a broken one on the gearbox)
Currently...im checking with a friend of mine who owns a machine shop to see if he can repair the missing tooth on the back gear.
One thing that is perplexing to me... is the tail stock spindle spins.... rotates when i try to crank it out or in....and will not work unless i hold it in position and then crank...so i took it apart and looked at it.... it seems to be missing the long key... but...i dont see how that keeps it from spinning in the tail stock... because the main casting doesnt have a slot/keyway for it to ride in like the spindle does....it's just a smooth bore.... and the manual doesnt have an exploded view of how that is supposed to work.... so if someone has some help for me here...I sure would appreciate it....
I am not terribly sure what im going to do for a chuck... I will initially be using this to turn metal pens...(ive been doing it on my grizzly wood lathe up till now...and it's tiring) the largest stock i will be turning to begin with will be 3/4 round stock to begin with (some stainless...i hope too) and ive been looking at a Beall Collet chuck and a set of ER 32 Collets (is that possible with the southbend 9?)
Also in conjunction with the chuck.... I'll need to get a tool holder and some tooling..... someone suggested the Diamond Tool Holder from a guy that makes them in Australia...(wow...almost $200) and I still have to buy a tool post too.... So... any and all help and advice would be most appreciated
Thank you .... Troy
