My 9C came from a used tool dealer. It had been owned by a business, not a private user and came with a hex bed turret on the bed and a double T slot cross slide. A regular tailstock was included but not mounted.
The compound rest was included and appeared totally unused. It had a large diameter dial graduated in 2/1000 inch. The dealer told me that graduation was standard at the time, around 1970 or thereabouts.
I am familiar with the much smaller diameter dials, but this lathe did not have them.
It had no cross slide to accept the compound rest so I got a new slide, screw and crank with dial from a nearby SB dealer. This one had the large dial but 1/1000 graduations.
I have only used the T slot cross slide to mount a Palmgren milling attachment as putting it on the compound rest was not rigid enough.
It also came with a hand lever collet closer and a set of 3C collets plus a hex and a square (IIRC) collet. I have acquired 3 and 4 jaw chucks since, that are usable for what I have needed them for.
The T slot cross slide was set up, badly, with a handlever for operation. I could never get the handlever pinion to mate properly with the small rack on the back of the cross slide. I have been able to use the new cross feed screw with the T slot cross slide as well as the compound cross slide when I needed to.
Steve Bartlett
From: mike allen
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:15:52 EST
Wow , I had no idea that you could get large dials on a C , was
that a option ?
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