wideopenoutdoors
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2020
My first post,anyway, yesterday my father and I picked up a South Bend 14.5" by 36". I deciphered the serial number and stamps as best as I could and I believe its a 1943 ish, and was used by the Navy. Its a 8183C model. The story we got is that it was in a machine shop and sat unused for many years until the shop closed and everything was auctioned off, there is so much dust in the quick change gears you cant see the teeth. This lathe is in pretty good shape, the chip tray is near perfect, the ways have a few nicks here and there, the head and tail stock appear to be in good shape, the carriage, apron and saddle are all smooth and move freely. However, it didn't come with any tooling and several things are missing, there is no tool post and worst of all the taper attachment is missing. The countershaft needs some work, the one bearing cap is missing and someone did and ghetto hack job with some epoxy.
The original motor is still there and I was told it worked. Im thinking of getting a VFD and using it as a phase converter from the 220 single phase here at the house to three phase. I think my first moves are going to be getting it set up, the countershaft fixed, getting it operational, then completely cleaning it and then paint, and then finally used! I want to get a 4 jaw chuck, a face plate, taper attachment and a steady rest for it, and most importantly a tool post, but i understand the parts for these are hard to come by but many are interchangeable with the 16"? And it takes a collet too?
This is my first real lathe besides a mini lathe and Im in the dark.
The original motor is still there and I was told it worked. Im thinking of getting a VFD and using it as a phase converter from the 220 single phase here at the house to three phase. I think my first moves are going to be getting it set up, the countershaft fixed, getting it operational, then completely cleaning it and then paint, and then finally used! I want to get a 4 jaw chuck, a face plate, taper attachment and a steady rest for it, and most importantly a tool post, but i understand the parts for these are hard to come by but many are interchangeable with the 16"? And it takes a collet too?
This is my first real lathe besides a mini lathe and Im in the dark.