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Using some Prussian blue or a similar marking fluid can help you see the tight spots. A sharpie works also.

SOUTH BEND UNDER MOUNT ONLY 10K LAMINATED BRASS SHIMS MADE IN AMERICA U.S.A. | eBay
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I wonder what the percentages are of the trade school graduates that never hit a lick.
Those tools look to be right off of the container ship. or Harbor freight.

They screwed up soo many informative threads on all the forums with the first deletion I quit using them. Thanks for the warning rivett.
I hope they become extinct. Boycott photobucket

Sounds good.

If you sand before painting its best to not sand the filler off the mill. Castings were a rough texture so they applied a layer of filler to smooth the casting. like bondo. It will never look the...

With John's posting I.D. that it's A universal I found this. If the pfd file in the first link isn't your mill you can look through the second link.
Third link is a picture.
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There is a sub forum in the link below that you could post parts wanted. One other place to find parts like that is E-bay. You could try to find your motor local on Craig's List to save shipping...

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I haven't stopped thinking about those cable guides either. The bottom of a stainless cup or container. I google stainless cups , dishes , ect....

Back in the days of those big switches you could order a set of contacts and replace them. I use to set up machines that we did a lot of jogging during setup. When a relay started chattering we...

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A little bigger. I'm practicing making my pics larger. resized 150%

Missed one:D

Your lathe was made in 1937.
Go down the list of serial numbers until you see where yours would fall in between higher and lower numbers.
South Bend Lathe Serial Numbers
When you can post...

If he returns with a serial number we could get him narrowed down.
He should be overwhelmed with reading material for a day or two. :)
His first three phase could send him here....

Here are a couple publications submitted by Mike Lutz and Dennis Black to vintagemachinery.org
.South Bend Lathe Works - Publication Reprints - South Bend Lathes Catalog 100B | VintageMachinery.org...

There are people that don't have any business touching a machine. You found one!
Evidently someone had 150 grand to buy the machine but wont spend $100 on oil.
I'll bet his daddy bought it for a...

It looks great. You seem to be more experienced than others on a first restoration. You do your homework.
There appears to be a repair on the casting for the drive shaft in this picture. Right by...

He was on the Briitex post on the 27th but hasn't posted much since the 6th.
I also noticed him MIA

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Rare Myers Machine Co. Machinist Drill Press
Rare Myers machine company drill press. See all the pictures. Best offer. Location is 18702 N. East PA265809

As the sixth hour bell rang on my last seconds of high school on my final day I stuck my finger in the band saw. I didn't think the teacher seen me but as I walked past he said, you fckd up didn't...

This was a loaded question and I fell in.:rolleyes5:

My thinking is with the chuck holding the stock the headstock bearings are sharing the load. The headstock journal works as a lever along with the castings support.
All the tailstock does is just...

I would think the live center would carry less than half. The four jaw chuck carries more of the load. percentage ?

abom79 turning large materiall - Bing video

I know of this utube guy [abom79] and forum member often turns similar sized shafts. I know he uses a monarch 60 series. Not sure if the lathe in the...

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For the curious after the add expires.
Metal lathe - tools - by owner - sale


Metal lathe - $275
(Royal Oak,Md)

The Flather Mfg Co 7 inch lathe. Good working order

I didn't look at the price of that cap.:rolleyes5:

That setup in the photo was priced at $650.00 and it sold. I thought it was way over priced.
I have all but the 90 deg. pusher. If you need any dimension's I could get that. mine is for a 36" so...