Naiveambition
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2017
Hello all, I'm new to the forum and was brought here since I inherited a south bend lathe from a friends father that passed. A small backstory , when I first had met his father , Logan Gill out of friendswood Texas , I had found out he was a machinist for a nasa company that made parts for the space station. Which I thought was just awesome!!! He (Logan), was kind enough to stop over and help me when I first started machining, and for this I built him Elmer verbugs fancy wobbler. He was just all smiles and was amazed that I had no formal education and was able to build these tiny motors. A video I had of a vacuum engine was the last he watched so I hope to carry on in his legacy with the lathe.
So on to the lathe , I know squat about it except what I've read in research so far. The bed is cast in 1929 with a serial number of 42232, so I'm guessing around 1931 somewhere.
Not sure of model type, looks like an "0" to me but not sure. If anyone can help Identify this, or point me in the right direction. If the story holds true it was owned by (first to last) Harry j Craig Jr. , L.J. Gill, L.M. Gill and now me. I was told the machinery handbook as been with the lathe thru all owners. It's a 13th edition with a date of 1946 so??
Are the casting dates on all the different parts the years they were produced? Had read about matching numbers for these machines which mine are not. The saddle is 1950 something, the tail stock is early 40s. So I would like as much info as possible if anyone can help Thanx in advance
So on to the lathe , I know squat about it except what I've read in research so far. The bed is cast in 1929 with a serial number of 42232, so I'm guessing around 1931 somewhere.
Not sure of model type, looks like an "0" to me but not sure. If anyone can help Identify this, or point me in the right direction. If the story holds true it was owned by (first to last) Harry j Craig Jr. , L.J. Gill, L.M. Gill and now me. I was told the machinery handbook as been with the lathe thru all owners. It's a 13th edition with a date of 1946 so??
Are the casting dates on all the different parts the years they were produced? Had read about matching numbers for these machines which mine are not. The saddle is 1950 something, the tail stock is early 40s. So I would like as much info as possible if anyone can help Thanx in advance