bluearc
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2012
- Location
- pennsylvania
How many different types of mill attachments are there of the SB 9. I just bought one and the base will not fit my machine.
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If your milling attachment is a authentic South Bend accessory, you have only to make a adapter to fit the base of the milling attachment to the cross slide of the lathe. My view is that all of the milling attachments made by South Bend were meant for the SB9. I bought one in excellent shape and made a adapter to fit my 10L.
Lord Byron
They normally are allen set screws,
They appear to be the factory "Square Head" bolts. South Bend did not use Allen set screws in this location. They use the same type bolt head as they did on the carriage locking bolt. One wrench to keep up with.
Joe
Sure sounds argumentative to me. There is plenty of time from 1936 to now. Probably South Bend thought dog point allen set screws were a improvement.Not to be argumentative but, he doesn't have a 16" lathe or 13". He has a 9". My 9" came with squarehead bolts. Just like what he has. Compare apples to apples, not apples to elephants. That's what comparing a 16 "South Bend lathe, to a 9" is. A 16", is the elephant. And elephants eat apples.
They are different machines, and the parts do not interchange.
Joe
Are you sure that it doesn't fit? Your pictures show that it is all there. Remove the compound rest by loosening the two bolts that are at an angle in the front of the compound rest. They normally are allen set screws, yours appears to be replaced with a hex head cap screw. The compound rest should then be lifted off the cross-slide. The hole in the top of the cross-slide should accept the boss feature on the bottom of the milling attachment.
Lord Byron
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