Finally have the 1931 South Bend 9 inch Junior lathe assembled.

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Dec 13, 2016

• #1

Finally have my 50.00 lathe together that I purchased all apart.
Am pretty happy as the spindle bearings are good,Have them set now with .001 clearance. Had to get a motor,belts and a pulley. Replaced the bull gear, everything else seems good after a good cleaning. Has some collets and a handwheel collet closer.Did get a set of gears with it. There is also a 3 jaw chuck,but I have not cleaned or checked it yet. It was fun putting it all back together, Hope to cut some steel soon. Seems pretty well made for a small lathe. Thanks to all who answered my questions.

 

grannyknot

Aluminum

Joined

Oct 18, 2015

• Dec 13, 2016

• #2

Looks great, let the chips fly

 

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Dec 13, 2016

• #3

grannyknot said:

Looks great, let the chips fly

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Thanks! Pretty soon.

 

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arc

Aluminum

Joined

Sep 9, 2012

Location

Illinois

• Dec 13, 2016

• #4

She looks great. You did a fine looking job.

 

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kitno455

Titanium

Joined

Jul 9, 2010

Location

Virginia, USA

• Dec 13, 2016

• #5

I'm glad you didn't paint it, the existing patina is perfect. The mailbox drive is cool (and pretty rare) too.

allan

 

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Dec 14, 2016

• #6

arc said:

She looks great. You did a fine looking job.

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Thanks, it was in pretty good shape under all the grime, the cones had some thick tar like like stuff on them, maybe some sort of belt dressing?

 

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Dec 14, 2016

• #7

kitno455 said:

I'm glad you didn't paint it, the existing patina is perfect. The mailbox drive is cool (and pretty rare) too.

allan

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Thanks for your reply, Since it had not been repainted, I figured I would just clean the old paint up, I like the old look anyway. The drive is very heavily constructed. Originally the motor drive belt was fitted through a hole in the bench top,with the motor below, I believe, but a previous owner added a longer shaft for the outside pulley,so I left it that way.

 

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Mrx999

Plastic

Joined

Nov 26, 2016

• Dec 24, 2016

• #8

You did a great job on this lathe!

All the best, Edgar

 

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Jbonez

Aluminum

Joined

Jul 7, 2016

• Dec 26, 2016

• #9

Looks great.can't wait to get mine back together.if I didn't work so much it would be done in no time.

 

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Jan 1, 2017

• #10

9 inch junior

Mrx999 said:

You did a great job on this lathe!

All the best, Edgar

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Thank you Edgar, I never thought I would be able to get a lathe in my basement, It has a dirt floor and was pretty damp, I trowled mortar over the wall and it's dry now.Just enough room for the bench and lathe.

 

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catpal

Plastic

Joined

Apr 5, 2016

• Jan 1, 2017

• #11

9 inch junior lathe

Jbonez said:

Looks great.can't wait to get mine back together.if I didn't work so much it would be done in no time.

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It will be fun for you once you get some time to work on it.