14 1/2" southbend

woodtickgreg said:
It's a cool lathe with a lot of goodies with it, good condition and cared for. If I was looking and had the cash I would have bought it, If I had a place to set it up. My little 10 went in the basement without a fuss piece by piece. I dig my lathe, and you will yours, be happy with it, tune it up, and make stuff.
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I dig my lathe too ! Got it home today ,nice smooth ride on a single axle trailer with no spare ...Did bring an extra tire in-case things got bad ....Lathe is nicer than I expected ...It was dark in the garage it was in......lots of tooling with it ....it's the 622 14 1/2 made ...don't know the year after 47 though ....I took off the tail and saddle ...Saddle was heavy for 2 strong guys....tail was heavy for one ...so that saved a little weight ...we slid it over to the trailer on six bars I brought and pulled it up with a come-a-long ...It wasn't bad at all ....it's on a trailer in the backyard waiting for a machine maybe tomorrow or Mon.
Very,very happy with this ....so far and it just gets better ...:)
 
rafe said:
I dig my lathe too ! Got it home today ,nice smooth ride on a single axle trailer with no spare ...Did bring an extra tire in-case things got bad ....Lathe is nicer than I expected ...It was dark in the garage it was in......lots of tooling with it ....it's the 622 14 1/2 made ...don't know the year after 47 though ....I took off the tail and saddle ...Saddle was heavy for 2 strong guys....tail was heavy for one ...so that saved a little weight ...we slid it over to the trailer on six bars I brought and pulled it up with a come-a-long ...It wasn't bad at all ....it's on a trailer in the backyard waiting for a machine maybe tomorrow or Mon.
Very,very happy with this ....so far and it just gets better ...:)
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Very cool! Glad the move went smooth for you. Where's the pics? We must have pics!
 
woodtickgreg said:
Very cool! Glad the move went smooth for you. Where's the pics? We must have pics!
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They will be forthcoming maybe tomorrow, going through the goodies today, 100 cutting bits (give or take a few) HSS,Cobalt and carbide
Very nice palmgren milling vise looks about 6". nice live centers, dead centers .....too much to mention Face plates, arbors, #5 dumore master grinder w/wheels
bunch of collets and draw-bar....The auto stop will probably work well when threading ....
 
woodtickgreg said:
Very cool! Glad the move went smooth for you. Where's the pics? We must have pics!
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I'm under the weather today,head cold or worse....but I'm still on my feet....a couple of shots.....The top shaft on the quickchange gearbox is a bit sloppy...
I should be able to sort it out from the rebuild manual......it seems to be on the right side only ...I am also putting up a shot of the auto stop switch ...that is kind of interesting and may be useful

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rafe said:
This looks repairable from the outside is that correct? Looks like a sleeve!
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To repair the gearbox properly you'll need to remove it and tear it down.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Unless you're planning on using it 8 hours a day 5 days a week or more. You should just get it put in place, hooked it up and see if there's anything else more pressing that needs work.
 
rafe said:
This looks repairable from the outside is that correct? Looks like a sleeve!
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It's just a bronze bushing, very easy to replace, you'll see when you get the manual, but it will require some gearbox tear down for a better inspection. I agree with oldmachinest, set it up and see what works and what needs attention first.
 
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