Hi all:
I'm new to posting on the forum. Been lurking, learning and drooling for some time, but now it's time to get off the pot and contribute what little I can. For over a year I've been looking to take a little step up from my trusty South Bend 9A. Had a heavy ten on my mind, one actually slipped through my fingers from being a few hours too late. However, two weeks ago, I came across a South Bend 13 that looked beautiful. Had a real good gut feeling about it, so I asked for a few more photos, asked a few questions and since the machine shouted "buy me", pulled the trigger real quick. Problem was, I had to drive 350 miles to pick it up. I have never laid eyes on a real live SB13, boy, that sucker is huge and heavy. I rented a van one way and as fate would have it, the seller had a forklift, so he loaded it onto the van and I drove the 350 miles back home. The other problem was, I needed a fork lift to get it off the van, that happened today. Now she's sitting in my garage waiting for a complete rebuild, which is mostly cosmetic, with the usual replacement of half nuts, cross slide screw and a couple other minor wear issues. As for rust, the little there is will most likely blow off with a good crosswind. I got it off a farm where it was used to make the odd bushing for farm equipment over the past twenty years.
The lathe came with a large bore spindle (1.4" actual, I think they call that a 1 3/8"?), taper attachment, flame hardened bed, full set of 5C collets and collet closer. I did the best I could on wswells's site to find the date it was made and to the best of my ability, it looks like 1965 vintage. Serial no. is: C10752TKXL, with DDB200DG stamped on the flat of the rear bed. Cat. No. CL8145C. Would love to know the significance of the Cat. No. if someone could help with that, it would very much be appreciated. Also, if I have erred on any of the above info, please set me straight. This "new to me" lathe is scheduled to be a summer refurbish project, My trusty 9A will handle most of the work, before she goes to someone that she can keep happy like she has done for me over the past five years. Attached is a photo of the new family member.
Will post more as the refurb project unfolds.
Cheers,
Raydel
I'm new to posting on the forum. Been lurking, learning and drooling for some time, but now it's time to get off the pot and contribute what little I can. For over a year I've been looking to take a little step up from my trusty South Bend 9A. Had a heavy ten on my mind, one actually slipped through my fingers from being a few hours too late. However, two weeks ago, I came across a South Bend 13 that looked beautiful. Had a real good gut feeling about it, so I asked for a few more photos, asked a few questions and since the machine shouted "buy me", pulled the trigger real quick. Problem was, I had to drive 350 miles to pick it up. I have never laid eyes on a real live SB13, boy, that sucker is huge and heavy. I rented a van one way and as fate would have it, the seller had a forklift, so he loaded it onto the van and I drove the 350 miles back home. The other problem was, I needed a fork lift to get it off the van, that happened today. Now she's sitting in my garage waiting for a complete rebuild, which is mostly cosmetic, with the usual replacement of half nuts, cross slide screw and a couple other minor wear issues. As for rust, the little there is will most likely blow off with a good crosswind. I got it off a farm where it was used to make the odd bushing for farm equipment over the past twenty years.
The lathe came with a large bore spindle (1.4" actual, I think they call that a 1 3/8"?), taper attachment, flame hardened bed, full set of 5C collets and collet closer. I did the best I could on wswells's site to find the date it was made and to the best of my ability, it looks like 1965 vintage. Serial no. is: C10752TKXL, with DDB200DG stamped on the flat of the rear bed. Cat. No. CL8145C. Would love to know the significance of the Cat. No. if someone could help with that, it would very much be appreciated. Also, if I have erred on any of the above info, please set me straight. This "new to me" lathe is scheduled to be a summer refurbish project, My trusty 9A will handle most of the work, before she goes to someone that she can keep happy like she has done for me over the past five years. Attached is a photo of the new family member.
Will post more as the refurb project unfolds.
Cheers,
Raydel