24" Swing South Bend Lathe Find!

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Bowtie_Finn

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• May 2, 2021

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Hey Fellow South Bend Fans!

In my travels of picking - I came across a "real" 24" South Bend Lathe thought Id share the picture !

This one is somewhat unique to all the others I have seen in pictures - where it doesn't have the "cabinet" style legs at the end, rather has the more "post" style legs - has anyone seen one setup like this before ?

Happy Sunday !

 

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johnoder

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• May 2, 2021

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Guess you just had to say you wanted the "other" legs

Here is the "normal" from 1930


Series "O" of course

Note the weight of these substantial lathes

 

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Bowtie_Finn

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Hey John! Maybe lol - there are such few examples of these to tell I think I’ve found maybe 4 real pictures of these and maybe 2-3 catalog pictures!

They are cool machine either way !

 

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Homebrewblob

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Bowtie_Finn said:

Hey John! Maybe lol - there are such few examples of these to tell �� I think I’ve found maybe 4 real pictures of these and maybe 2-3 catalog pictures!

They are cool machine either way !

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They are actually quite common comparatively. The series o had all kinds of size lathes and was no stranger to 24” lathes.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/1617/25080.pdf

This lathe looks like a “silent chain, cabinet model 24” series o” they made them even bigger for machining truck brake drums with the dual wheels still attached

 

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Homebrewblob

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A south bend series o 16” gap bed lathe with riser blocks and gap removed could turn 30” diameter work!

 

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nt1953

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I own one like that but without the silent chain drive and the taper attachment. I would love to get some detailed pictures of both so that I can make them for my lathe.

 

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nt1953

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HomeBrewBlob

I owned a 16" South Bend gap bed and let me tell you that there is no comparison between a 16" gap bed turning 24" and a true 24" turning 24".

 

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Homebrewblob

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nt1953 said:

HomeBrewBlob

I owned a 16" South Bend gap bed and let me tell you that there is no comparison between a 16" gap bed turning 24" and a true 24" turning 24".

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Of course, you don’t use a Swiss Army knife in a professional kitchen.
I was just stating that the 16 could turn 30” diameter. A true solid bed 24” lathe can’t turn 25” or up diameter work at all.

 

johnoder

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nt1953 said:

I own one like that but without the silent chain drive and the taper attachment. I would love to get some detailed pictures of both so that I can make them for my lathe.

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Here is the taper from the 9 25 1930 brochure. I see it is also substantial at 150 LBs

I gather it IS NOT the telescoping screw style

 

SBLatheman

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Here’s a link to a thread from years ago about a 24”

GIANT South Bend lathe

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