South Bend 9A restoration happening w/pics!!

[martik777]

Nope. the gears are worn out and I'm replacing them.

You may also have to replace the other 3 gears to eliminate noise, the 20, 80 and 56 tooth ones may be worn as well. On one of my 9A's I set the fwd/rev assembly to neutral and run it off the tail end of the leadscrew which has a pulley attached to a variable speed dc motor. Fwd/Rev and infinite speed control at the flip of a switch.

 

[LX Kid]

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I tapped a hole in the bolt and added a lever to enable toolless changing of the reversing gears. Did the same thing below to release and tighten the banjo. If you move the compound frequently, you can add a similar lever for that too.

I'll probably never even need to put it in reverse but be a nice addition just the same.

 

[SLK001]

I'll probably never even need to put it in reverse but be a nice addition just the same.

Never say never!

 

[lordbeezer]

Forward/reverse assy off a light 10. Plus couple holes for plunger

 

[DavidR8]

Forward/reverse assy off a light 10. Plus couple holes for plunger

I can shoot some pics of this as I have a 10K (light 10)

 

[martik777]

That's a lot of work and expense for something seldom used, The lever mod I posted takes only a couple secs to change direction with one hand.

 

[LX Kid]

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I tapped a hole in the bolt and added a lever to enable toolless changing of the reversing gears. Did the same thing below to release and tighten the banjo. If you move the compound frequently, you can add a similar lever for that too.

Yes I like your mod and will do that when I get a chance. Thanks for the idea. I'm pushing back away from the lathe a couple days to take a break. Reached a burn out and have sore fingers amd hands.

 

[LX Kid]

Well I just couldn"t sit still so I continued on with the cleaning and painting. Cleaned and painted the tailstock, gear guard next to the QCGB and all the parts of the taper assembly. Pics show all the parts that I had to replace so far. The rusty hunk of metal is a homemade motor mount, that came with it, for use with the pulley drive system.

 

[martik777]

Yes I like your mod and will do that when I get a chance. Thanks for the idea. I'm pushing back away from the lathe a couple days to take a break. Reached a burn out and have sore fingers amd hands.

You probably already know that you will have to machine the thickness of the washer to get the right angle for tightening.

 

[SLK001]

You probably already know that you will have to machine the thickness of the washer to get the right angle for tightening.

Machining the thickness of a washer is no trivial task. You will probably be better off creating your own out of bar stock and parting it to the desired width.