Sorry see the links tab.

This great web page gives all the spindle data and sizes for most
metal lathes. Can help you cross referance to see if checks from one
manufacture will fit your lathe.

Go to your email program and send an email to
"southbendlathe@...". Attach your picture to the message using
the attach function. When you send the email it will show up here with
your picture.

Hope this helps.

Jim




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I use 90wt grear oil on the gears on my A model. On spindle oil is
Velocete NO. 10 and NO.2 way oil. On the pully stuff I took off the
oilers and made a grease fitting and grease it works great SOuth Bend
would role over and die but what the heack it was made in 1940 and I
do not know what every one used on may machine before I got it.

SUre I can but it will be a few days will be gone tomorrow I will send it to you Brett

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jwtaylor61@... wrote:

Paul and I have been trading notes on the SB lubricants and their
viscosity. I am curious as to what lubricants are used by folks that
have had SB lathes for a while. There are four types rec by SB, one
is a spindle oil, two oils for most of the rest of the oil pts and a
bed way oil. SB charges $7.50 per qt. Would appreciate hearing from
anyone that has exerperience with alternative sources of oil. thanks
Big tom

Can you post a picture of your belt installed?

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I see you guys are doing the old leather belt stuff. I JUST WENT OUT
TO MY AUTO PARTS STORE AND GOT A SURPTEIN BELT THAT THEY USE ON

CARS.

AND PRESTO NO MORE BELT PROBLEMS. IT WORKS GREAT AND ONLY SPENT
$23.00. THEY ARE ALSO MUCH SILLENT ON RUNING. GO TRY IT bRETT. ps

ANY

OF YOU GUYS IN bAKERSFIELD ca.

I see you guys are doing the old leather belt stuff. I JUST WENT OUT
TO MY AUTO PARTS STORE AND GOT A SURPTEIN BELT THAT THEY USE ON CARS.
AND PRESTO NO MORE BELT PROBLEMS. IT WORKS GREAT AND ONLY SPENT
$23.00. THEY ARE ALSO MUCH SILLENT ON RUNING. GO TRY IT bRETT. ps ANY
OF YOU GUYS IN bAKERSFIELD ca.

I have a 1940 (in. model a and love it. do any of you guys know why
when i use the back gear it jumps out Brett

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Hello everyone, my name is Roger and I live in Mesa, Az. I picked
up a 50s vitage 13 inch SB and slowly fixing it up. It looks in fair
shape excep it was handled poorly during a past move and the Quick
change handles were broken as were the xfeed and compound handles.
Ive straited the xfeed screw and have procured the broken pieces but
got busy on other projects and havnt made much progress lately. The
bed dose show fair amount of wear up close to the head stock, I think
for now I will live with it. I also have a 10 inch logan and a 6inch
craftsman lathe. I have factory parts book for the SB. Im not a
machinist but learning. I use my lathes to make simple parts or tools
for Aircraft Mechanic work. If anyone has any advice on fixing up the
old SB Im all ears. Thanks Roger

Who uses what kinds of lubricants on their SB Lathes? A couple people have
already chimed in:

JS Early mentioned 30W ND oil.
Tom Miller mentioned Fastenal's p/n 62642, Super Lube Synthetic Based Lube
w/Teflon

The SB lubrication chart calls for:

"Machine Oil Sybold Universal Viscosity Rating in Seconds at 100 degrees
F."
Type A=100 sec., type B=150-240 sec., type C=250-500 sec.

And just what do those translate into? Right now I'm just keeping things
sliding with 30WT ND as I'm restoring my SB.

Paul R. Hvidston, N6MGN@...
ACKSYS Engineering
Upland, CA
p.hvidston@...

Tom,

Wonderful story. My junior high shop teacher would barely let us touch the
lathe (with good reason). I recall the only thing I got to make on the lathe
was a hammer head. In high school, we got one shop class each semester and
for me that was electronics so its time for a redo on growing up. Anyway,
thanks for the story and the tidbits of info. Keep 'em coming!

Regards

Paul R. Hvidston
Upland, CA

Paul, and the other SB egroupers,
Loved the web page on the 9" SB, I will try to get some pictures
posted of my 13". Ok here is how I got the 13" SB 4' serial no.
91573, mfg. 3 Aug 1939 (this info is from SB). In the early 60's I
attend a large HS in Chicago called Lane Tech where I took 2 years of
machine shop, 1 ? years more than the normal student. In college I
also had a practical applications course where we used a turret
lathe and did a project on manufacturing. Now I have always had a
shop in my home, mainly woodworking and automotive repair. And I
have always thought about someday having my own lathe, but its sort
of hard to justify such an item with college payments, house
mortgages etc. Well, about 2 years ago I ran into a fella at a local
flea market who was selling used machine shop tools and I struck up a
conversation with him about my old HS days and using a lathe. I
casually mentioned to him that someday I would like to purchase a
lathe, but just could not fathom what my dear wife would say if I
spent several thousand dollars on a machine that made center
punches… the classic HS project we all made. He suggested I go see
a man in Richmond who dealt in used machinery, his name was Dempsey.
Well I shrugged this off, again putting the whole idea on the back
burner of my mind.

I have no idea what possessed me to visit Dempsey's on the 13th of
Nov 99, about a year after the flea market incident, but I did. He's
located in the City of Richmond, VA and open on Saturdays only, from
about 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Dempsey's is in an old warehouse. There I
wandered around old lathes, mills, and drill presses of every size
and shape imaginable. Then I spotted two old friends, two lathes,
identical in size and make, and the exact lathes I had used in HS. I
knew not what they were in HS, but I did recognize them. You may not
believe this, but they even smelled the same as they did in HS, now
this is 38 years ago. Although I rally had no intentions of buying
this lathe, later finding out it was a 13" 4' South Bend, I asked Mr.
Dempsey what it went for, figuring 2000 dollars or so. When he said
$800.00, I said you have a deal. Only then did I ask if it ran. He
said of course and he would guarantee it and if there were any
problems he'd work them out with me. Oh gee now what? I just bought
a lathe identical to the one I had used 36 years ago in HS. Ok I
knew how to use it, that came back like riding a bicycle, but I knew
not how to connect it up, 3 phase you say? Ok Mr. Dempsey how do I
run a 3-phase motor with 220 in my house. Well he just happened to
have a converter, for up to 3 HP for about $100. So off I went with
the converter and a receipt for my new lathe with no idea how I was
going to get 800+lbs of South Bend home, let alone what I was going
to tell the wife. Again Mr. Dempsey says he knew a guy who would be
reasonable and would deliver it to my shop.. Sure enough an auto
towing service used one of those tilt bed auto haulers to load it and
deliver it. A good operator can perform miracles with one of these
tilt beds, trust me. He positioned it through a garage door on my
shop floor and with a crow bar we were able to jack it around and
slide it to its new home about 20 miles south of Richmond, VA.

I will go into the wife's reaction later, but suffice it so say it
was not too bad as I am still married. My oldest son, 28, said, "Dad
what that's machine in the basement". Then when I told him it was a
quick-change gear lathe, he said, "OK, but what do you make with
it?". I said center punches and pls do not ask any more dumb
questions.

OK so that's it! Now a couple of things I have learned since Nov 99.
Oilers: High School shop lathes took a fair amt of abuse from well
intended students. Like they round off the compound rest sharp
corners quickly. I can still hear Mr. Buchanan screaming about
removal of the 4 jaw chuck key before turning the lathe on, I think
his voice hit peak even before the key hit the floor after bouncing
off the light fixture or ceiling. Anyway these oilers, of which there
are many at least on a 13" are 10 to 15 bucks from South Bend. But
the same oilers are available from Gits for like $1.50. Call 1-800-
323-3238 or go to the Gits web site . You
will have to figure out the size as Gits has many different oilers,
but I was able to match things up pretty well. I may be able to help
13" guys here. I also found that the oilers were threaded in some
cases and other pressed in, both types are available from Gits. One
of the tail stock oilers had a wick, available from SB. The threaded
ones use a very fine thread and these taps, finer than NF, are
available from MSC another great
source of machine tools.
Lubricants: Ok I ordered SB oils and lubricants, again, pretty
steep, but I wanted the real stuff. I have subsequently found that
the back gear shaft and stepped pulley grease sent by SB is available
from Fastenal Corp at Fastenal.com. Look for the Part no. 62642
which is Super Lube Synthetic Based Lube w/Teflon, 3 Oz tubes. This
is the same grease SB will send you, but they charge $16.00, Fastenal
charges $4.44.
OK sorry for the dialogue guys, I will pass along some other things
later, I have not restored anything on it yet, as believe it or not,
it runs real smooth. I did make sure I oiled and greased everything
prior to initial start up.

Big Tom

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Bill
From the information I have the 10K is the light 10 and virtually the same
as the 9" A in most specifications. The heavy 10 has a larger spindle bore
for 5C collets and a 2 1/4-8 spindle nose instead of the 1 1/2-8 of the
9"/10K. Also if you find a good heavy 10 it is not going to be cheap. There
have been several on Ebay recently and the went from $2500 up as against
$1000 up for 9" model A/10K and $500 up for 9" model B. 9" model C are
really not worth much as they are very basic machines.
JWE

Can anyone furnish specs. for the 10K lathe? I am looking for a 9"/10"
w/the 1 3/8" (or larger) spindle bore & have come across a few 10K's.
Also source for parts list & drawings for the same lathe. What is the
lowdown on the 10K vs. the Regular 10". Is this the "Light 10" vs.
the "Heavy 10" Tony of the UK refers to on his wonderful website. One
better than other?

Is the more plentiful 9" a better machine(prefer the Model A). Had a
1928 9" w/1 3/8"-10 spindle about 20 years ago. An excellent machine!
A 9" Junior,I think.

I have been through the 6" Craftsman to the 10" Atlas presently. Any
help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill Scheider