After watching way to much abom79, AVE and This old Tony, I'm looking to buy a southbend heavy 10 to use for hobby and learning and I figured you guys might be some help.
I found one in good shape however, if it was a car, I'd call it a rolling chassis on bald tires. There is no motor, no chucks, no thread dial, no steady rest, no centers, no drill chucks and otherwise no tooling. There is a standard lantern tool holder, a tail stock and 2 mounting plates. It's disassembled because a previous owner was refurbishing / painting it before the person who has it now acquired it.
THE GOOD: there is almost no runout on the spindle, no marks or nicks or wear on the ways. I'm not afraid of putting it back together, or fabri-cobbling something if I need tool holders or adapters etc. I'm afraid that even though I went over it and found all the major components are there in the boxes, It might be missing stuff I've overlooked. I know these go for a lot since they've got a big spindle bore for a lathe this size. What's it worth in this extremely sparse trim since it's going to need about another $1000 in stuff to be reasonably useful.
Stuff I'll need to add.
Need:
Motor $150 (was gonna go with Hazard Fraught 220v 2hp to get going, then 3ph with vfd eventually)
3 or 4 Jaw Chuck $250
Drill chuck $50
Thread Dial: $150
Live Center: $50
Home Made Drawbar + Collet adapter + Collets: $200-$300
Fresh Belt $50
Misc stuff I might be forgetting (bearings, bolts, pins, etc) $100-$200
Nice to have:
Steady rest: $250
Another Chuck $250
QCTP: $150
Insert tooling: $Arm/Leg - $∞
I found one in good shape however, if it was a car, I'd call it a rolling chassis on bald tires. There is no motor, no chucks, no thread dial, no steady rest, no centers, no drill chucks and otherwise no tooling. There is a standard lantern tool holder, a tail stock and 2 mounting plates. It's disassembled because a previous owner was refurbishing / painting it before the person who has it now acquired it.
THE GOOD: there is almost no runout on the spindle, no marks or nicks or wear on the ways. I'm not afraid of putting it back together, or fabri-cobbling something if I need tool holders or adapters etc. I'm afraid that even though I went over it and found all the major components are there in the boxes, It might be missing stuff I've overlooked. I know these go for a lot since they've got a big spindle bore for a lathe this size. What's it worth in this extremely sparse trim since it's going to need about another $1000 in stuff to be reasonably useful.
Stuff I'll need to add.
Need:
Motor $150 (was gonna go with Hazard Fraught 220v 2hp to get going, then 3ph with vfd eventually)
3 or 4 Jaw Chuck $250
Drill chuck $50
Thread Dial: $150
Live Center: $50
Home Made Drawbar + Collet adapter + Collets: $200-$300
Fresh Belt $50
Misc stuff I might be forgetting (bearings, bolts, pins, etc) $100-$200
Nice to have:
Steady rest: $250
Another Chuck $250
QCTP: $150
Insert tooling: $Arm/Leg - $∞
