Hi there.
I recently purchased this South Bend 9 to attempt to do some light duty automotive part machining. I'm hoping this lathe will satisfy my need to cut to length pushrods and trim piston barrels for their cases.
It was very clearly used as a 'farm' lathe here in Western Canada, as there is definitely some odd things about it (like the actual pant belt as a belt and the large wooden pulley) that suggest its been used remotely.
I'm having a hard time identifying which model it is. It doesn't have the driven cross feed, and it looks as though one of the rails was replaced (the one with the serial number). Is there another way to identify this?
As it doesn't have any instructions (and I don't know what model) is there any literature/websites that talk about what gear combos are used for what pitches? Can the lathe be used to cut metric threads?
I'm assuming that all of this info exists here on the forum. Any pointers/links to find the answers would be appreciated. I'm new to this, and am open to learning from your experiences.
I recently purchased this South Bend 9 to attempt to do some light duty automotive part machining. I'm hoping this lathe will satisfy my need to cut to length pushrods and trim piston barrels for their cases.
It was very clearly used as a 'farm' lathe here in Western Canada, as there is definitely some odd things about it (like the actual pant belt as a belt and the large wooden pulley) that suggest its been used remotely.
I'm having a hard time identifying which model it is. It doesn't have the driven cross feed, and it looks as though one of the rails was replaced (the one with the serial number). Is there another way to identify this?
As it doesn't have any instructions (and I don't know what model) is there any literature/websites that talk about what gear combos are used for what pitches? Can the lathe be used to cut metric threads?
I'm assuming that all of this info exists here on the forum. Any pointers/links to find the answers would be appreciated. I'm new to this, and am open to learning from your experiences.