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gwelo62

Cast Iron
Joined
Sep 17, 2011
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ga,usa
Hello All

A friend has a South Bend Serial Number 50560NAR10 for sale. He owns a machine shop and has ground and scraped the bed and cross slides. It has a QC gearbox. I have not seen it and assume it is a 9" with the short bed. If it is as good as it sounds is it worth $1000(with motor and bench)? Or would I be better off saving my pennies for a newer oriental machine?

Cheers
 
For 1k it will be hard to get hurt on the deal. But it really depends on how good a job the guy did of grinding and scraping.
Did he build the carriage back up with Turcite so the apron aligns with the lead screw? Same with Tail stock.
 








 
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