I've lurked on this board for years but never bothered posting.? Just to 'complete the loop' if you will, I'll add this to animal's post.? Will give some real pictures to the manual pages.
I'm guessing he got the link to the manual from my post over on Practical Machinist, based on his screen name.? I bought a SB Heavy 10 about 10 years ago.? Turns out that just last month I finally figured out the mystery - to me - of what exactly the history of the machine was.? As a retired engineer and soldier I was interested in the background of my lathe.? If you want to see the journey on mine, the link is
In that there are two other people who have a lathe with the same drawer configuration.? Took me long enough to track down the mystery - but then I wasn't looking that hard and? it was always 'when I get time I wonder if' kind of thing.? Yesterday I got around to printing off the pages of the Ordnance Supply Catalog that pertain to my lathe.? Still have to actually take the inventory of the contents when I have a minute in the shop.? And then will have to keep my eyes open for the few pieces I'm missing to have it complete.?
Just passing along for anyone who might be curious of such trivia.
Dale
