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WANTED: South Bend Links

Paula

Titanium
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Location
Indiana, USA
Hi Folks,

I'm starting to put together a collection of South Bend-related web links, and would like your suggestions. These links can be for anything from parts suppliers, restoration services, literature, tech information... whatever. Links that you've had direct experience with are preferred, and try to include any additional relevant information about the link.

Once we get enough of these collected, I will compile them into a single sticky-post, arranged by category.

Paula
 
Yes, Ken. I will combine all suggested links into a single sticky post after we get a bunch together in this thread.

A few to get started:

The SBL Workshop - This is the excellent website of forum-member "swells". You'll find loads of vintage SBL literature, feed screw parts/service, and repair instructions, restoration pictures, and more.

Metal Lathe Accessories - Machine-it-yourself kits for a wide variety of lathe accessories, primarily to fit the 9"-10K lathes. Detailed drawings and clear instrucions included with each kit, as well as fast, friendly service from owner Andy Lofquist.

PAE Unique Machine Tool - South Bend metric threading gears from forum-member Paul.

Mike's Scrap Pile - A 1941 9B is restored. Includes detailed descriptions of the process, and some nice pictures.

The South Bend Lathe Story: What Can We Learn From An ESOP "Failure"? - Fascinating account of the reasons behind the failure of South Bend Lathe's employee stock ownership plan. Written by Norman G. Kurland.
 
Paula...

Very informative site:

"Lathe - SouthBend - Information"
http://www.armurerieduroi.com/pages/lathe_index.html


WEWilliams.net

"A place for me to stick my stuff!"

These files are scans of original South Bend Lathe documents in my archives. (Archives sounds so much better than 'pile of old books' doesn't it?) Anyway, you will need Adobe Reader to view these documents.

http://www.wewilliams.net/

Parts Works Inc. - Rose Marvin

http://www.machinetools.com/MT/resources/index.tmpl?page=contact&prospect=114366635554608130

No explanation needed - SB parts

PLAZA MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.

http://www.plazamachinery.com/

...more parts for SB lathes

South Bend Lathe
Parts List Compendium For the South Bend - Dave Smith's Site

http://www.geocities.com/[email protected]/

A good selection of PDF files on all the SB lathes.
 
I don’t know how long this will be on the web, but I would include the South Bend website:

http://www.southbendlathe.com


I would also put on Leblond’s web site since they are the official parts source.

http://www.leblondusa.com

Phone: (888) 532-5663

Email: [email protected]


Miller Machine is also a good parts source.

http://www.millermachineandfabrication.com


These guys have been selling some South Bend stuff on Ebay, including a tool cutter grinding block, and a grinding gage.

http://stores.ebay.com/Alisam-Engineering


This is a great idea, thanks for doing it.

[ 09-15-2007, 02:23 PM: Message edited by: Paula ]
 
Paula, great idea,but I see most of the stuff is commercial. Except for buying stuff I could not or not use very much I have usually found ways of designing and making stuff, sometimes as good as or better than the commercial stuff.
I was hoping to find maybe a forum site that would allow me or others to provide building instructions for home brew stuff that although not SB would work just as well and for a fraction of the cost of an SB item. For instance even you commented on my thread dial that was made of two $0.78 1" CI pipe caps, a 3" length of standard 1/2" sch. 40 pipe, a 1/8" thick aluminum 2" hole sawed aluminum disc. 4" length of 5/16" steel rod. Except for the 32 tooth gear we are talking chump change.
Since the gear is somewhat difficult to make, I can provide a 32 tooth bronze gear made on my hobber with a commercial hob and enough UHMW PE to make the oiless bearing for $ 20 including shipping. But maybe thats too commercial.
But I also have a number of sucessful very low cost designs I am only interested in giving instructions and not selling anything.
Maybe call it DIY designs usefull for SB lathes.
Walt
 
Walt,

I'm not aware of a site such as you describe, but you are certainly encouraged to post your ideas in the South Bend forum. Just start a new topic, titled something like "Home-brew Threading Dial". Those of us who appreciate creativity, improvisation, and innovation would welcome the effort.

Paula
 
How about a new section "archive" where everyone could place Part drawings and maybe eventualy have prints for each lathe.
I like that idea, modscoot, though you're talking about a fairly ambitious undertaking. Unfortunately, given the amount of work involved in making accurate, dimensioned part drawings, we don't see very many. I've got a handful of them myself, though mostly they are undimensioned, since once I draw them up in CAD, I can simply pull the dimensions as needed from the drawing geometry. (Here's one I did for a SB shaper feedscrew.) Even so, I believe it's worth making the effort. We can't really set up an "archive" here, as such, since we can only link to items that reside somewhere else on the web. Or perhaps a forum member with a personal website could host the images, and we could link to them from here.

At any rate, it's a good idea, and anyone with such drawings can contact me, and we'll see if there's enough material to make it worthwhile.

Paula
 
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Paula, If I sent you (by mail) copies of a few original SB drawings of lathe parts, would you be interested? Could you post them?
Definitely! Depending on the size, format, etc., it may be possible to scan them, and produce a reasonable-sized JPG file for posting on the web.

Send me a Private Message with further info, and I'll give you a mailing address.

Thanks!

Paula

[ 09-15-2007, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Paula ]
 
I would be more than willing to add a new section for prints on my website, in fact I have several that reside there , although not linked on the pages. My site is designed to be a buffer between the groups where one can seek information, see others lathes, look up parts, whatever is needed. During this comming winter I'm going to work hard on it, adding new content. I've gotten many e-mails since starting it in April, thanking me, but most of the information comes from other members. I passed 300,000 page hits in June and have not submitted it to a search engine, as yet.

Steve
www.wswells.com
 








 
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