South Bend Lathe 10” - $6500 (danville / san ramon, CA)

[MrWhoopee]

South Bend Lathe 10” - tools - by owner - sale

10” South Bend Lathe: Model 187A Serial 3349RKL9 Underneath motor drive 48” bed length 1” collet...

sfbay.craigslist.org

$6500!?
Not clean enough to be a museum piece, not good enough to be a $6500 lathe. Wonder how low it will go before it sells.

 

[Janderso]

It's a really clean SB but with the old technology and a screw on chuck? I don't know, maybe $3,500 would be the right price? considering the taper attachment and all the tooling.
It depends on how much the buyer wants it. It's a sweet lathe.

 

[vocatexas]

Wasn't that lathe up for sale about a year ago?

 

[MrWhoopee]

Wasn't that lathe up for sale about a year ago?

IIRC, the one available last year was truly a museum piece. I think this is the thread, but a screen-shot wasn't posted.

1984 South Bend 10" never turned on?

It might just be true https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/tls/d/seattle-south-bend-lathe-1984-vintage/6872775421.html

www.hobby-machinist.com

This thread has a pic

Something For You South Bend Folks

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/tls/d/seattle-south-bend-lathe-1984-vintage/6803182985.html

www.hobby-machinist.com

 

[RandyWilson]

Single tumbler. That puts it into the late 1940's at best.

 

[Janderso]

The one about a year ago was right out of the crate = brand new old stock as I recall. They wanted $10,000

Single tumbler. That puts it into the late 1940's at best.

I had a 13" made in 1941. It had the cast iron bearings and double tumblers. I assumed the single tumbler came earlier than 1941 but on the smaller versions maybe they kept the one tumbler design in later years??

 

[Superburban]

A good bit of extras with it, we may all be surprised, but my money is it will take a while, and a few price drops.

 

[Nogoingback]

Ad says it has very little use, but it doesn't look like it to me: it looks like it's had plenty of use.
It might be a nice lathe, but at that price it's a pipe dream.

 

[wlburton]

Single tumbler. That puts it into the late 1940's at best.

That one is just like mine, which was shipped in 1950. The date could likely be correct.