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Oiling felt?
- Thread starter Seerx
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texasgeartrain
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2016
- Location
- Houston, TX
There are kits you can buy on ebay to re-felt your whole machine. I saw you had another post as well about a pulley. There are a great many different South Bends. Posting which lathe, size, etc will get better results. Pics help too. With the size I can link you the felt kit.
Technical Ted
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2017
If you prefer to roll your own, McMaster Carr sells felt stock.
Ted
Ted
Here is a picture of the lathe.
Dropbox - Photo Jan 2, 11 52 26 AM.jpg
No idea what size it is. I did get the pulley off. The reason it wouldn’t come off is someone ran it without the set screws in and it chewed up the shaft. Thanks for the help!
Dropbox - Photo Jan 2, 11 52 26 AM.jpg
No idea what size it is. I did get the pulley off. The reason it wouldn’t come off is someone ran it without the set screws in and it chewed up the shaft. Thanks for the help!
texasgeartrain
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2016
- Location
- Houston, TX
Looks great so far. With that motor base, I'm thinking its a heavy 10, or a 13". If you measure from center of tailstock quill, to bottom of tailstock where it would meet ways, you'll have an idea, a Heavy 10 would 5", a South Bend 13 would be about 6.5".
On tail stock end of the bed, between the vee and flat way should be the serial number. If you want a copy of the original serial card, it will tell you some exact details about your specific lathe, for $25 you get it here:
Serial Card for South Bend Lathe - Grizzly.com
Heavy 10 felt kit:
South Bend Lathe Heavy 1 - Rebuild Parts Kit (Model 1 L & 1 R) | eBay
Kit with a manual:
South Bend Lathe Heavy 1 - Rebuild Parts Kit & Illustrated Guide: Model 1 L 1 R | eBay
13 kit:
South Bend Lathe 13" - Rebuild Parts Kit (All Models) | eBay
13 kit and book:
South Bend Lathe 13" - Rebuild Manual and Parts Kit (All Models) | eBay
On tail stock end of the bed, between the vee and flat way should be the serial number. If you want a copy of the original serial card, it will tell you some exact details about your specific lathe, for $25 you get it here:
Serial Card for South Bend Lathe - Grizzly.com
Heavy 10 felt kit:
South Bend Lathe Heavy 1 - Rebuild Parts Kit (Model 1 L & 1 R) | eBay
Kit with a manual:
South Bend Lathe Heavy 1 - Rebuild Parts Kit & Illustrated Guide: Model 1 L 1 R | eBay
13 kit:
South Bend Lathe 13" - Rebuild Parts Kit (All Models) | eBay
13 kit and book:
South Bend Lathe 13" - Rebuild Manual and Parts Kit (All Models) | eBay
