The annoying new guy :)

Solarwake · Nov 23, 2018

South bend 9a 4.5

Soooo I have been reading this forum for 2 months because anytime you do a google search, you guys have a lot of knowledge and from what I can tell have the best advice and non biased opinions. Iâ€™m considering my first purchase ... or trade really, and Iâ€™m pretty sure Iâ€™m getting a parts machine that Iâ€™m gonna have to put some work into, just wanted some opinions and Iâ€™ve done tried to haggle my way into a good deal on a lathe, and I think I found my first one.

Any comments or concerns or questions please lemme know I didn’t get too screwed
I know it more than likely needs new halfnuts, it doesn’t have the extra set of gears, and it’s got a lot of rust no indicators or mics and the quick change post is missing, pretty sure he had a yard sale already or when he inherited it he misplaced all of that together

Rob F. · Nov 23, 2018

If you have been lurking for that long you should know how to properly make a post, maybe you are just spam

swells · Nov 24, 2018

This appears to be a 1956 Workshop 9A, 12-speed, HMD Bench lathe.

Steve

RobbyWeeds · Nov 24, 2018

any tooling, rests, or attachments?

woodsrider845 · Nov 24, 2018

Can't tell you if you got screwed without you telling us what you paid.

Looks like it has a serious wear ridge along the entire way. Typical for SB non hardened ways.

Solarwake · Nov 24, 2018

I thought it might not be hardened, but I wasn’t sure

Solarwake · Nov 24, 2018

Not sure what all the tools are exact by name

I have pics of most the tools I’ll see how many it will let me post, I traded a sks for it, a mini lathe from harbor freight with hardly any tooling(I know),a 3200 psi Briggs n Stratton pressure washer, an older 12” sears craftsman bandsaw, and a harbor freight belt sander were all thrown in on his end

m-lud · Nov 24, 2018

Google. Cleaning rust with electrolosis. Those lathe chuck jaws and other rusty parts in the bin will clean up nice.

Solarwake · Nov 26, 2018

Scrap?

Do I have a pile of scrap metal or is this thing actually useable? I am starting to think the steady are home made, the 4 jaw chuck is nice, and the milling attachments nice, is there usually a price difference in having the ways scraped or grinded on ways that aren’t hardened if that is the case?

michiganbuck · Nov 26, 2018

A decent SKS is more valuable than that pile of lathe parts..IMHO.

Still you might have enough parts to make a $600 lathe/or not.

QT:[Do I have a pile of scrap metal or is this thing actually useable? I am starting to think the steady are home made, the 4 jaw chuck is nice, and the milling attachments nice, is there usually a price difference in having the ways scraped or grinded on ways that aren’t hardened if that is the case?]

With having the time you can make decent bucks parting it out. you can go on ebay and get an idea of parts value.

Qt: [Soooo I have been reading this forum for 2 months.] could have searched "Buying a lathe".

That is why a good title is stated in the site's rules.

iwananew10K · Nov 26, 2018

You might be OK
But you are going to have to post better pics of the machine and tooling to tell.

M.B. Naegle · Nov 26, 2018

I wouldn't call it scrap. At worst It's going to be a parts machine with which you can make your money back.

If you don't know what you are looking at though, I'd recommend running with it. Clean it up, make adjustments, make some parts! Learn how to use it and you'll either decide it does everything you need, or it's not the machine for you. IMO way wear doesn't kill a machine. It can effect it's accuracy, but from my experience, the newbie machinist should focus on speeds n' feeds and the whole "measure twice-cut once" doctrine, before they start worrying about if their machine can inherently hold tenths.

iwananew10K · Nov 26, 2018

BTW- there appears to be an ATlas milling attachment there...that could be sold to offset expenditures...maybe.

woodsrider845 · Nov 26, 2018

Do you like swedish meatballs? :toetap:

michiganbuck · Nov 26, 2018

woodsrider845 said:
Do you like swedish meatballs?

Agree a thread with not a good title is a waste on many peoples time.

SLK001 · Nov 26, 2018

Also, please learn how to take decent, high-resolution photos. What you posted is pretty worthless.

michiganbuck · Nov 26, 2018

Good to oil flat-stone flat things, never rotary wire brush any dials or things with letters, numbers or lines.
mostly a rotary wire brush is not very good for most machine restoring,

A good fine flat file can be used to just make original surface, to just remove the bug but not take any more stock.

add a bit of lub oil to cleaned machine parts. 3+1 oil is ok but not 3&1 Penetrating oil.also not auto oil.

Solarwake · Nov 26, 2018

Thank you

All good info if I make future post it may include the meatballs but it will have a better description of what I need to know or how I learned the hard way lol

woodsrider845 · Nov 27, 2018

I make a KILLER swedish meatball and sauce. Just sayin'.

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