Justonegear
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2019
Hello folks,
Quick thank you to all that take the time to participate on the forum and other places. Your help and instruction are a valued recourse to myself and many others. Your willingness to take the time to teach and inform is priceless.
After a long coast to coast search I finally found what seems to be an excellent South Bend 10 with tooling. At this point I fix squarely into the Poser category. Having a nice lathe and essentially no experience running one. I have become a Youtube student and been reading everything I can get my hands on including most of the information that came with the lathe.
Here is what I know about it.
Serial # 22862 R
Purchased new from Golden State Machinery Co. in Los Angles on 5-5-1987, shipped from SB to William E. Edwards ( desist ) on 5-21-1987 to his home in Ridgecrest Ca,
Purchased 2 years after William's death at his estate auction in January of 2010 by Wayne T. who lived a few blocks from William but didn't know him. I purchased it from Wayne
on 2-7-2019 in Ridgecrest Ca, transported it to my home in Hurricane Ut.
From what I understand William was drafted into the Navy during the Vietnam war and worked as a machinist and continued in the trade after leaving the military.
With that brief introduction I have a few questions. I have read differing thoughts on these items.
1. The machine is wired 120v 1 HP, from factory. Is there any benefit to changing it to 220V ?
2. Wearing a shop apron while working ?
3. The lathe has self leveling casters on it. Should it be bolted to the floor ?
4. I've noticed some use cutting oil and some do not. Is it just preference and tool life...?
5. Was it customary for military machinist to remove the manufacturer tags from the machine they used when leaving...? I found 2 tags with some personal items in the tool box
that came with the lathe.
Thank you for any help.
Peace, David
I'll try to post a few pic's
I work away and don't have daily access to a computer so my responses may be delayed from time to time. thanks
20190208_152858_zpsjiozfsyi.jpg Photo by Justonegear | Photobucket
Quick thank you to all that take the time to participate on the forum and other places. Your help and instruction are a valued recourse to myself and many others. Your willingness to take the time to teach and inform is priceless.
After a long coast to coast search I finally found what seems to be an excellent South Bend 10 with tooling. At this point I fix squarely into the Poser category. Having a nice lathe and essentially no experience running one. I have become a Youtube student and been reading everything I can get my hands on including most of the information that came with the lathe.
Here is what I know about it.
Serial # 22862 R
Purchased new from Golden State Machinery Co. in Los Angles on 5-5-1987, shipped from SB to William E. Edwards ( desist ) on 5-21-1987 to his home in Ridgecrest Ca,
Purchased 2 years after William's death at his estate auction in January of 2010 by Wayne T. who lived a few blocks from William but didn't know him. I purchased it from Wayne
on 2-7-2019 in Ridgecrest Ca, transported it to my home in Hurricane Ut.
From what I understand William was drafted into the Navy during the Vietnam war and worked as a machinist and continued in the trade after leaving the military.
With that brief introduction I have a few questions. I have read differing thoughts on these items.
1. The machine is wired 120v 1 HP, from factory. Is there any benefit to changing it to 220V ?
2. Wearing a shop apron while working ?
3. The lathe has self leveling casters on it. Should it be bolted to the floor ?
4. I've noticed some use cutting oil and some do not. Is it just preference and tool life...?
5. Was it customary for military machinist to remove the manufacturer tags from the machine they used when leaving...? I found 2 tags with some personal items in the tool box
that came with the lathe.
Thank you for any help.
Peace, David
I'll try to post a few pic's
I work away and don't have daily access to a computer so my responses may be delayed from time to time. thanks
20190208_152858_zpsjiozfsyi.jpg Photo by Justonegear | Photobucket
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