Starting a South Bend 9C Restoration - Disassembling, Cleaning, Stripping, and (soon) Priming

[Tincamp67]

For years, I’ve have toyed with the idea of painting my 9C long bed. If I ever work up the courage to tear the head stock apart, I think I would swap out the 3 step flat belt pulley for a 4 step v belt for more versatility.

I wonder if that missing 24t change gear could be made on a 3D printer. Would probably work for a while as long as you don’t drive it too hard.

 

[ntdenman]

Good news! The 24t was found hiding in with some of the other gears, it must have been on the lathe when I disassembled it. I've got everything apart and fairly clean, and am now starting to mask it for priming.




The bad news is that the two top paints I was recommended, Rustoleum Protective Enamel and Por15 Engine Enamel, are both no longer available in Canada. I'm open to suggestions, but may fall back on either the Tremclad Rust Paint I can get at the local hardware store or whatever I can get at the auto parts shop.

 

[ntdenman]

And, at last, starting to put it back together! Mid-life-crisis-car red (Tremclad Performance Rust Enamel in Gloss Safety Red) is coming out nice and cheery; I'm leaving the grey primer on the inner surfaces for contrast and because I'm lazy. All the masked surfaces are getting a coat of light oil before they go together, so that hopefully the next person to do this doesn't have to deal with as much rust!

 

[gard]

Nice job. my experience is the hardware store enamel paint holds up great but it takes about a month to get to full strength, longer in colder temperatures. So be careful about moving and assembling parts after a couple of days.

 

[Manual Mac]

Nolan, been 2 months, have you had the time to assemble & start making chips with your SB9 yet?
I’ve saved all of your photos, as I just bought a basket case SB9C, that looks grungy & had a bad re-paint somewhere in it’s long life. Under all the ugly, the lathe is like new, looks like it had a very easy life.
Unlike my current SB9 that spent many yrs in a high school teaching kids how to operate a lathe.
Then traveled around to race tracks for years with a race car team.
And it has the scars to prove it, but still makes quite accurate parts.
While researching SB colors, seems most all the lathes were listed as gray on the serial# card.
But seems like some dark, light, green gray, blue gray etc, etc.
Also read that some red lathes were shipped to electrical shops, l don’t know if this is true.
S Wells is a wealth of knowledge on SB lathes, but I suspect you already know that.
Cheers

 

[ntdenman]

Hi Mac, hope your project goes ahead well.

I got the lathe painted, fixed up, equipped, and back together just in time for my marriage to disintegrate, so although I have made a handful of chips it may be a while before I get pictures up.

 

[Manual Mac]

Nolan, I’m so sorry.
Been there, done that. Twice.
Best advice I ever got was ‘Don’t take advice from Anybody’
Good Luck
And BTW, your SB9 looks good in red.