yes JAN does stand for Joint Army Navy, its probably a wwll thing as the Air Force didn't become separate until 1949.
wendell

Steve,

I have two SB 13" Lathes:

CL 145C

Serial Number 9982TKL14

Shipped in late 1963 or early 1964

CL 145C

Serial Number 14426TKX

Shipped in 1974

Frank

Uploaded Numbers, Thanks
Wendell, thanks, I thought so...now what is "LOR"?

Frank, can you tell me the cross feed screw size and pitch on you 13's, is it .625-8?

Steve

Steve,

Both SB 13's have .625" X 8 TPI cross feed screws.

Serial Number 9982TKL14 has a standard cross feed screw.

Serial Number 14426TKX has a Taper Attachment cross feed screw.

Frank

Swells: It is not what is LOR but who was LOR! I have been told that those are the first letters of the first, middle and last name of the man that scraped the bed of the lathe. I have forgoten the name of the man that told me that but he had worked for South Bend. Gary P. Hansen

Hey, he must have been one big burley guy to scrape all those beds... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Steve

Mine is a 9" Workshop Model 415-YC
(Horizontal Drive-Adjustable)
Ser. No. 106184
Change gears & 3 ft. bed.
Shipped on Dec. 17, 1940 to A. C. Colby Machinery Co. (like Bob-O's lathe)

Heavy 10

Cat# CL8187ZB
Serial# 21335R

Shipped Nov. 20,1979 to Fort Washington, PA

Thanks Steve for the time and effort you have invested in this project.

I have Model 9A
Catalog #644A
4' Bed
Serial #167023
Any info on date of manufacture, etc. would be appreciated.

posted numbers and info, thanks


gunsmith,
1946,12-Speed Flat belt Horizontal Motor Drive-Adjustable bench lathe. If you e-mail Dewitt at Leblond he will give you the line card information which might tell the ship date and customer. I would like the ship date if you get the info.

Steve

Model 9A
Catalog Number: CL344ZD
Serial Number: 46846NKR9
9" x 42" Underdrive

From Rose (when she worked at Leblond, now Parts Works, Inc): Originally sold to Packard Machinery Company, Westford, Massachusetts. Shipped from the South Bend Factory on 05 January 1961.

Dave

swells,
Thanks for the info. Do you have an email for Dewitt?

Yes, it is:
dengle@leblondusa.com

I just sold my 11" SB to a friend (to help finance a 16" SB).

The serial number on the 11" is J870. SB told me it was made in 1911. I was the third owner.

My 'new' 16" serial number is 138792. It has 'D.W.W." and a US navy stamp near the serial number. It's got a 6' bed, QC gear box, and a taper attachment.

All right Tony, an entry for 1911, I was missing that one!

Somehow, I missed this thread, here's my info for you,
Serial # 130444
Cat# 113-B
Year- 1942
Singletumbler

LeBlonde says, shipped to the Naval Training Center in Kalifornia in 1942, with taper attachment and chip pan. No collet closer set up. Sadly, the taper attach was gone long before I got custody of it.
Jim

Thanks Jim, I uploaded your 13 x 5 war baby, I'll be putting up a 43 catalog 100-C in the next few days that has some great art work of the R series lathes.

Steve
www.wswells.com

I got this back from DeWitt on Serial #167023:

Kevin,

Your 9"X4' South Bend lathe was shipped on November 13, 1945. The catalog number is 644-A.

Regards,
DeWitt W. Engle
Manager
LeBLOND LTD
3976 Bach Buxton Road
Amelia, Ohio 45102

Gunsmith, Thank you. You have expanded the numbers in 1945 for me, I'll change the data on your lathe.

Great Job
Steve
www.wswells.com

I have a 10L (in pieces for refurb), estimated date of manufacture August 1974, 4 1/2ft hard bed w/lever collet closer.
Cat# CL187RB, s/n 19501RKX.

Malcolm