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South Bend mini lathe ???

Wow, those are cool! I haven't seen a 'micro' lathe that looked that good before. They're always so plain and tasteless. I'd get one for my kids to play with (with adult supervision of course. they need to get used to having a shop forman around right?)
 
What are the purposes of these mini lathes to salesmen - if they're not a representation of an actual machine? What would they use them for?
 
Have you ever seen a working model of a real SB lathe?
I've seen somewhere a model of a Taig lathe.
Would be nice to see and even more fun to make one...
 
Kinda looks like a Manson

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Dave

Interestingly the Manson seems to have 3 vee ways and one flat, like a real south bend, whilst the one for sale has flat ways with a dovetail formed between them.

Is it possible that this lathe was made by a toymaker or something, in the same way that models of, say cars may have the hood ornament like the original even though they aren't made by the actual car manufacturer?
 








 
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