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I just looked up your site, your name is very familiar but I can’t place it.
You do nice work.
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You do nice work.
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well first off, you are a beginner! how dare you try to learn something on our forum?
second you call that a lathe? it has to weigh at least 4 ton to be considered a real lathe.
third, you cannot even register here until you have passed your apprentice, journeymen and masters certifications, what were you thinking?
ohh wait wrong forum, carry on then.
BTW nice looking lathe, and welcome.
second you call that a lathe? it has to weigh at least 4 ton to be considered a real lathe.
third, you cannot even register here until you have passed your apprentice, journeymen and masters certifications, what were you thinking?
ohh wait wrong forum, carry on then.
BTW nice looking lathe, and welcome.
Thank you! Everyone here seems quite gracious, kind and helpful. I'm still struggling with trying to find out if there is a way to attach 5c collets to the spindle without using the draw tube (I'm pretty sure the one I have is too short).
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FYI, there is a dedicated forum for South Bend machines and you may get more (better, quicker?) responses if you post your machine specific questions in that forum. My non expert understanding is that your heavy 10 should have a 1-3/8 ID spindle ID which is good. JFK Precision Products can sell you a 5C lever type collet closer (pricey). See their web site for info.
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Our SB14.5 came with a collet chuck and 5C collets.
It goes on like regular chuck, and operates like a jacobs chuck, it draws in the collet.
There is a company that reduces a manual on rebuilding these lathees as well as a collection of replacement felts.
Well written, works in sections of that lathe, great for teardown and assembly.
Good way to learn your machine.
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It goes on like regular chuck, and operates like a jacobs chuck, it draws in the collet.
There is a company that reduces a manual on rebuilding these lathees as well as a collection of replacement felts.
Well written, works in sections of that lathe, great for teardown and assembly.
Good way to learn your machine.
Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk
Many thanks to everyone who recommended SB "How to Run a Lathe". It has been incredibly useful and even came with grease stains on the cover. I feel like I may soon have the confidence to actually plug it in. Yesterday I was trying to figure out the pin for the bull gear lock. From what I saw on YouTube, it was supposed to pull out and down (or up...) to lock in for the back gears. All I could do was to get it to turn pointlessly in circles (much like me before coffee in the morning. Then I read in my greasy little book that some models had a plunge type pin. I pushed and it plunged! Life was good again.