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South Bend Lathe collets. I have for sale 5C and 2A collets, most of these collets have never been used and come with the original Bakelite containers as well as the lids, some have small putting and some have rust on them from the lids not being capped for years. There over 1000 collets here. HUGE potential in make double your money from these. I'm selling these at basically $1.50 each where as you can easily sell for $5+ each or sell them in sets.
This is for local pick. If you want to see about shipping, please note it will not be cheap!
I just do not have the space to house these anymore and I have 9 South Bend lathes I'm needing to start restoring. So these collets need to go!!

ASKING $1500 OBO ALSO OPEN TO TRADES!!!

Located in Bloomington Illinois
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I've been selling them at $100 shipped. But I'm honestly looking to get rid of them all at once.
 
A historical note: There was a very large used machinery dealer called Machinery Supply in Mishawaka, IN (next door to South Bend). In the 1980's, I went there several times and saw walls full of shelves of hundreds of NOS South Bend collets in 5, 3, 6K and 2A. The sizes were very limited, but I got some steel and brass 3 and as many different sizes of metric 5's as he had, which was close to a complete set. Later, in the early 1990's, he closed and everything was auctioned. I did not go to the auction, but these collets may have been someone's auction bargain.

Years ago, I had to shorten a Hardinge 5C lever draw bar for one of my lathes. I cut the collet thread using a new Hardinge collet for a go gage. Some years later, I actually needed to use one of those SB 5 metric collets. It turned out that its threads were enough bigger than the Hardinge threads that they would not work in the draw bar I had threaded. They did work OK in a Hardinge draw bar with OEM threads on a different Hardinge lathe.

So the South Bend 5 collet is really close to the same thing as a Hardinge 5C, but not exactly. The South Bend 3 is the same as a Hardinge 3C, as far as I know.

Larry
 
Ok, so for the 4 of you who wanting them please send me a message and I'll give you my PayPal info.
 
L Vanice said:
A historical note: There was a very large used machinery dealer called Machinery Supply in Mishawaka, IN (next door to South Bend). In the 1980's, I went there several times and saw walls full of shelves of hundreds of NOS South Bend collets in 5, 3, 6K and 2A. The sizes were very limited, but I got some steel and brass 3 and as many different sizes of metric 5's as he had, which was close to a complete set. Later, in the early 1990's, he closed and everything was auctioned. I did not go to the auction, but these collets may have been someone's auction bargain.

Years ago, I had to shorten a Hardinge 5C lever draw bar for one of my lathes. I cut the collet thread using a new Hardinge collet for a go gage. Some years later, I actually needed to use one of those SB 5 metric collets. It turned out that its threads were enough bigger than the Hardinge threads that they would not work in the draw bar I had threaded. They did work OK in a Hardinge draw bar with OEM threads on a different Hardinge lathe.

So the South Bend 5 collet is really close to the same thing as a Hardinge 5C, but not exactly. The South Bend 3 is the same as a Hardinge 3C, as far as I know.

Larry
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You are correct on the thread sizing. I have a SB with SB collets that I tried to use with a Hardinge knockoff and they don't fit. When I investigated, I found the for some reason the Hardinge collets are smaller in thread pitch than the SB's by several thousands. Who did which I don't recall but I can only use the SB collets on the South Bend.

Tom
 
Collets received, thanks for the shop towels. :)
Some are a little rustier then I might like but the price was right.
They fit just fine in my royal collet closer.


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