Chance to buy a South Bend Lathe

[dlane]

Gona be nice .

 

[woodtickgreg]

Looking good, love watching things like this. I used rustoleum on mine too. I have had good results with it on other projects and I will use it again. It flows out nice when brushed on as well.

 

[ChuckB]

Couldn't resist bolting the right leg to the bed and sliding the apron and the tailstock on. The headstock and the left leg are not bolted up. I still need to deal with the gearbox.



My ebay collet rack arrived today. I still need to paint it and clean up the collets.


Still have a ways to go.



Need to start thinking about the spindle shims. Anyone know of a good source?

 

[woodtickgreg]

There's a guy on ebay selling very high quality reproductions for $50. He made the tooling to stamp out the shim packs and they are as good if not better than the originals.

 

[ChuckB]

A little more progress. I almost got the gearbox done. Glad I took the time to rebuild it. It was actually pretty easy and straight forward.

 

[ChuckB]

One concern I have.. The spindle was off when I purchased this.. I don't know why.

The spindle bearings were a little damaged at the expander area. Any opinions as to if they are usable?

Both look like this:

 

[woodtickgreg]

In my opinion you will be needing new bearings as the are pretty damage and the expanders will not do their intended job. This is what happens when someone pulls the bearing caps and doesn't remove the screws from the expanders. Bearings are getting a little tough to find but they can be found. I think a guy parted out a 10 on ebay and the bearings may still be available.

 

[ChuckB]

In my opinion you will be needing new bearings as the are pretty damage and the expanders will not do their intended job. This is what happens when someone pulls the bearing caps and doesn't remove the screws from the expanders. Bearings are getting a little tough to find but they can be found. I think a guy parted out a 10 on ebay and the bearings may still be available.

The only ones I see on ebay are for a 10K..

 

[woodtickgreg]

The only ones I see on ebay are for a 10K..

He might have sold them, there was a set with the expanders posted a few days ago.

 

[ChuckB]

He might have sold them, there was a set with the expanders posted a few days ago.

These must be the ones you are talking about. These don't look too bad, and considering the rarity.. maybe I should get them(?)