Manuals

[1mondo]

GOOD DAY
Does anyone know where to find both operators and parts manuals for my lathe? O found out that grizzly can send a production card, so I ordered one. Should be helpful info on there. I wonder if Grizzly might be the place to go to get manuals.
Thanks
Ray

 

[Franko]

You didn't say, but I assume your lathe is a Grizzly. Grizzly has manual download links for almost every tool it sells on the item pages of it web site.

 

[Charles Spencer]

I'm guessing that his lathe is some sort of South Bend due to the name of the forum and the fact that he ordered a card from Grizzly.

If it is a South Bend then be advised that covers a whole lot of area. The brand and the model number are pretty essential to finding the right manual.

 

[1mondo]

I'm guessing that his lathe is some sort of South Bend due to the name of the forum and the fact that he ordered a card from Grizzly.

If it is a South Bend then be advised that covers a whole lot of area. The brand and the model number are pretty essential to finding the right manual.

Sorry, the lathe is a South Bend which grizzly told me is a heavy 10. The catalog # is CL 187ZB and the serial # is 19124RKX. Hope that helps. Someone told me it might be a 1949 model. Don't know but when the card comes from Grizzly I will know more. Grizzly also told me that nothing was available from them as far as manuals, even nothing downloadable. Still searching!!
Thanks again
Ray

 

[wlburton]

You can buy a reprint of the 1942 version of South Bend's "How To Run A Lathe" (the appropriate version for your lathe) on line for about $10.00. Parts diagrams and a lot of other information for your specific lathe are readily available on this site and on the Yahoo South Bend Heavy 10 Group site. It's amazing how much material is available.

Bill

 

[brino]

Ray,

When I get home I can look up the catalog number in old catalogs and provide that.

For other SouthBend manuals much is available here....450 manuals in that section (150 in Southbend Lathes)
You may need to increase your post count to access them.

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/resources/categories/south-bend.34/

Also check out "The SBL Workshop" here:
http://wswells.com/

....and Vintage Machinery, here:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=1617&tab=3
(in fact poke around all the tabs there to see lots of good stuff.)

-brino

 

[LucknowKen]

Hello 1mondo: Welcome:
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/resources/categories/south-bend.34/

If you post the serial # (on the bed ways under the tail stock) some here will tell you the date of manufacture.

Have fun on the forums! I would be lost without these guys.
Lken

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/conversations/south-bend-manuals.33498/

1mondo This is from a couple days ago: You sent you Model and Serial# to my inbox somehow.

Hi Ray: I think you should be asking your questions in the forum.
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/forums/south-bend-knowledge-base.291/
And more specifically:

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/finding-information-about-your-sb-lathe.44246/
RKX R= Heavy 10 inch (10R or 10L), K=Quick Change Gear (QCG), Friction Feed Apron, Underneath Motor Drive (UMD), X=Special

 

[brino]

Hi Ray,

I have started digging thru the PDFs of some old catalogs.
Does it have change gears or does it have a quick-change gear box?

change gears:



quick change gear box (item 11):


-brino

 

[brino]

Okay I found the CL187ZB in the 1952 catalog.
See attached, page 21 (or 23 of 92).





-brino

 

[old_dave]

Per _Serial Number Reference Book_, serial number 19124R would have been built in 1975, so it's relatively recent. I'm pretty sure that by then the D1-4" spindle nose was standard on these though threaded (and long taper) spindle noses were available as options. Errr, just checked, my SB literature has a gap between 1972 (when threaded spindle nose was standard) and 1977 (by which the cam-lock spindle nose was standard). Pictures would be nice!
David