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I had originally posted this in the General forum and was advised to move it here. Thanks Iridium77.
I acquired a 9"B South Bend lathe that was going to be restored but the owner never got around to it. He had the bed re-ground and here are the only dimension's of the work done that was found with it .
I had put a slight amount of bluing paste on the top slide and moved it across the bed and got a consistent transfer with no abnormal fit. The tail-stock base plate gave favorable results too. I had't checked the head-stock fit yet though. From what I interpret I would need to shim the feed rack and lead screw brackets down .005" to accommodate the changes. Figured I'd check to see if I'm on the right track.
Thanks Z
That was the original post and here is a little more info.
As Iridium mentioned in his reply about fitting the tailstock, headstock and saddle [ which I called a top slide in my original post] I thought I'd add a few more pictures. I know it's not good to assume anything but it would appear that the tailstock and saddle have been fitted to some degree as there is no appearance of wear that you would expect on an 80 plus year old lathe. There's bluing still on the saddle from when I checked it some time ago, I forgot to take photo's but can do it again at some point.
Thanks Z
I acquired a 9"B South Bend lathe that was going to be restored but the owner never got around to it. He had the bed re-ground and here are the only dimension's of the work done that was found with it .
I had put a slight amount of bluing paste on the top slide and moved it across the bed and got a consistent transfer with no abnormal fit. The tail-stock base plate gave favorable results too. I had't checked the head-stock fit yet though. From what I interpret I would need to shim the feed rack and lead screw brackets down .005" to accommodate the changes. Figured I'd check to see if I'm on the right track.
Thanks Z
That was the original post and here is a little more info.
As Iridium mentioned in his reply about fitting the tailstock, headstock and saddle [ which I called a top slide in my original post] I thought I'd add a few more pictures. I know it's not good to assume anything but it would appear that the tailstock and saddle have been fitted to some degree as there is no appearance of wear that you would expect on an 80 plus year old lathe. There's bluing still on the saddle from when I checked it some time ago, I forgot to take photo's but can do it again at some point.
Thanks Z