SB 9A Cabinet underdrive lathe

[ottrunner]

Tonight I thought I might have a go at the chucks. Before and after of the 3 jaw which appears to be a cushman and the 4 jaw which I'm not finished with, a skinner.
Also, the headstock I received with the lathe.

I hope you don't mind me sharing my experience in this image-heavy thread. It's a pleasure for me to do the work and while I search for information I find myself reading other threads and hope mine might someday offer some assistance.

 

[DavidR8]

Great work, keep it coming!

 

[ottrunner]

Next up I thought I would have a go at the threading dial. You can't even look at this lathe without getting dirty. The thing is filthy. How anyone spent time at a job working this thing is beyond me.
With this done I'm on to the tailstock, the leadscrew is very worn, at some point I will make a new one with an extenstion.

 

[brino]

@ottrunner

Hi Neighbour!

I just found this thread and am catching up......

The price paid was $350 Canadian pesos.

I paid $600 for my well-worn Southbend 9A, with no chucks!

I picked up a 7x10 mini lathe in the deal and sold it less the qctp and tooling that came with it, the lathe actually owes me nothing, I made money on the trip after all expenses.

Okay, that deserves a:


However, around here that is a badge of honor!
It really means that you got a great deal that I'm jealous of.

I hope you don't mind me sharing my experience in this image-heavy thread.

That is exactly what we want!

Thanks for posting.
You are making tremendous progress.....there actually were two chucks under all that mess!

-brino

 

[ottrunner]

there actually were two chucks under all that mess!

As you can see from the photos, the chucks were both a mess, the 4 jaw had a quarter-inch of crud on it.
Investigating paint, considering just using tremclad. I'd like to 2 tone in a grey with the cabinet darker than the lathe.

 

[ottrunner]

Had a quick go at the steady rest. Filthy.
The day I can touch any bit of this lathe without gloves will be a treat.

Still needs another hour of scrub. Seeing as stores will be back open for in-store visits next week I have put off purchasing paint and might have a look at the tintable enable available at Lowes or Home Depot. I should have a range of colors to choose from and will mix in a hardener.

 

[finsruskw]

An ultrasonic cleaner would speed this job up considerably and make it a whole lot less messy.
Shure was a big help when I did my project last year.

 

[ottrunner]

An ultrasonic cleaner would speed this job up considerably and make it a whole lot less messy.
Shure was a big help when I did my project last year.

I'm certain it would help. If it weren't minus 30 Celsius I could do some of this work outside. My garage is suffering.

 

[finsruskw]

I purchased the larger size that would hold the complete QCGB casting in total submersion. Worked like a charm.
Also made removal of 6 layers of various color paint from the headstock cover as well.
Peeled right off like it was an orange!

 

[ottrunner]

I purchased the larger size that would hold the complete QCGB casting in total submersion. Worked like a charm.
Also made removal of 6 layers of various color paint from the headstock cover as well.
Peeled right off like it was an orange!

I'm going to shop it right now. Sadly I've scrubbed most of it already.