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Hi i am dealing with a situation here I have a fixed steady rest with SRD101T serial number seems to belong to a SB 13. I have a SB with 12569RKX1 6 serial number , I think and someone told me it is a heavy 10, I am new to this world. My problem is that I need an steady rest for...

Ok the fixed steady rest that I have don't fit my lathe I want to know if someone out there has one with this part number "SRD101R" that wants to trade for the one that I have that don't have idea what lathe belongs to. However I was able to see the numbers at the bottom and...

Hello folks I have this steady post that I need to trade for one for my South Bend heavy 10. The picts are posted bellow. Where should I direct my search to get my South Bend steady post. I also posted the serial number of my lathe for more info.

I 'll take and send it

It is me again, with another Q? . for those who are getting familiar already let me tell yuo guys that I already got the tailstock that I was looking for, i bought it on ebay , waiting for it to arrive. i hope this is the good one. well the nut of the headstock spindle is loosing off from...

yes the base of the unpainted fit on the other one, i am looking to buy one on ebay. thanks

ok thanks

the unpainted has no base but the other base fits it , but I could not see if the high will match cause the unpainted has not spindle beside the other parts missing

hi thanks , the base fits but still I will need the spindle and all the other parts , like the handwheel etc and with out them i do not know if it is going to be possible to check the centers, but thanks I will try\

Here is two pits one is the almost finished restoration of the south bend that I bought a few weeks, I posted picts when I bought it, the Jkull sent me the threading chart tag , but now I found out that the tailstock that came with the lathe does not match , it is about 5/16 above center. so...

Hi I posted a few weeks ago about my new south bend, since then I have been working on it, after a lot of cleaning etc I got to the point to start cutting, but... I just realize that the tailstock that came with my lathe does not belong to it , it is about 5/16 above center, however when I...

Hi guys I just bought an old south bend this is the serial number or what ever number it is on the end of the bed, I think this will help you guys to help me to get the threading chart that is hard to see on this machine, I need to know where to get info about my new toy, I am restoring...