Trick for Greasing Head and Backgear Shafts on 9" SB Lathe
If you have tried to grease the Spindle Pulley shaft and Backgear shaft on
your SB, you will find two 1/4" x 20 plugs which you need to remove to fill
with grease. There is no grease nipple to attach
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kestrel@...
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Re: My 9" SB all clean, painted and back togeather !!!!
dunk tank.
overhauled the
It looks super. Beautiful job. More importantly, how does it run, or
is it too pretty to get all greasy?
Paul Hvidston
Upland CA
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Paul Hvidston <p.hvidston@...>
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Re: My 9" SB all clean, painted
-You did a GREAT JOB on it. I wish mine looked so good.Brett And the
paint, boy mine is SB gray If I do this I well have to go PINK that is
because there is a green one and some likes blue. Or may
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the Hurts
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Re: My 9" SB all clean, painted and back togeather !!!!
Defiantly, very green. That is why they say we all have our own taste in
colors, mine happens to be blue or red, but not both on the same machine.
JWE
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JS. EARLY <j.w.early@...>
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My 9" SB all clean, painted and back togeather !!!!
My last posting showed the lathe all apart after being put in the dunk tank.
I have now
repainted it, clean the brass tags and reassembled it. I even overhauled the
lamp.
What do you think?
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kestrel@...
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any one in Bakersfield CA.
If you are e-mail me hurt@... We can share are big bobos on
what we have done Brett
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the Hurts
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Re: Holly S@#T will I ever get it back togeather !!!!!!! My 9" all apart and clean.
I have it all painted and hope to start puting it togeather tonight.
There was no filler or shims that I could see. I may post some more
pictures tonight.
Jim
<p.hvidston@i...> wrote:
how it
it
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jwtaylor61@...
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Re: Holly S@#T will I ever get it back togeather !!!!!!! My 9" all apart and clean.
Comments and Questions.
Wow! That looks like one heck of a lot of parts. I hope you remember how it
all goes back together. When I dismantled my QC gearbox, I cleaned it one
gear-cluster at a time in
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Paul R. Hvidston <p.hvidston@...>
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Need some parts .... Threading Dial and Tail Stock Wrench.
Anyone got any for sale ?
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kestrel@...
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Re: Holly S@#T will I e9" Looks like fun
Great I would paint it with Rustolm there industarl stuff they sell.
They mack a paint that is for this kind of stuff.Ho a I can not spell
at all.I paint every thing with there red primer.It will
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the Hurts
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Holly S@#T will I ever get it back togeather !!!!!!! My 9" all apart and clean.
I totally dismantled my 9" SB and took it to a local engine rebuild shop to
have it cleaned.
The use a Caustic Dip tank which is pre heated to about 110 F. All the parts
where put in the tank and left
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kestrel@...
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Re: My 9" SB ARRIVED TODAY !!!!!!!!! See Pic's
I contacted Southbend and gave them my serial number 54810NAR10. It
was made in June 1966. Cool............
$450.00 USD.
rebuild
paint it
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jwtaylor61@...
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Re: My 9" SB ARRIVED You did very well
You have the big diales I pad a lot to put those on mine. Brett In
Bakersfied CA.
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the Hurts
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Re: My 9" SB ARRIVED TODAY !!!!!!!!! See Pic's
Jim,
Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Looks like a nice old SB, and yes
I'm sure it could use a thorough cleaning. Let us know what brand/color of
paint you end up using.
All the speeds
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Paul R. Hvidston <p.hvidston@...>
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My 9" SB ARRIVED TODAY !!!!!!!!! See Pic's
This is my Model A, 9" Lathe I purchased from Ebay. It cost me $450.00 USD.
Came with 3 Jaw, 4 Jaw, live center, drill chuck.
Has Power crossfeed, quick change gearbox and lots of dirt..........
Has
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kestrel@...
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Expanded it to include a Souht Bned Lathes
I have changed the title of this group from 9" SB's to include a SB's.
This was due to the requests I have had to include guys who are bigger
than 9" (Or wish they where).
Let welcome them to the
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jwtaylor61@...
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Cool I can
This is great I can put picture on this thing the frist one I have
ever do hope you like it Brett
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the Hurts
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Belt stuff pic.
This is my South Bend with the car that you drive surpatine belt Brett
[Image]
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the Hurts
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Re: Felt source?
Will an old hat from Goodwill work?
MRB
jwtaylor61@... wrote:
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Morris Booton <booton@...>
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Felt Wicks
Paul,
SB is acutally reasonable on the wicks for the shaft and tailstock.
Cost was $3 per foot and a foot is a lot of wick, like would last you
a lifetime. Its a round felt solid rope about 3/16
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Tom Miller <millertam@...>
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