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Relz
 
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"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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Relz wrote:

Can anyone direct me to a good reference for restoring a South Bend 10"
lathe (book or website)? I've looked at a bunch of websites and I didn't
find anything that may have been a step-by-step guide.



http://www.dimebank.com/FrankenLathe.html to start with.

What exactly are you planning to do with it? If your restoration is
cosmetic, no problem. If the headstock spindle is bent or the bearings are
shot, you have a difficult problem.

Many techniques have been discussed exhaustively. You may find it
worthwhile to google groups on such topics as painting machinery or
machinery restoration.

I don't think anyone is going to write you a Chilton's manual step by
step. If you plan to be a machinist, you're supposed to be able to figure
this stuff out. A South Bend lathe is a simple machine once you understand
it.

Grant Erwin


I don't necessarily need a Chilton's type guide, I guess. I was just
wondering if there is one type of book out there. I saw a couple of
websites that were pretty good at showing the restorations and talking about
it. I can't find them for some reason.

I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the names of parts on lathes. I
just ordered the recommended books on the
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks/lathebk/index.html website so I feel that will
give me a great start.

To tell the truth, I don't plan to be a machinist. I am a mechanical
designer/drafter and I see the type of work that the machinists do all day
and I don't want that as a career. It wouldn't be for me. However, I do
want a decent lathe for making parts at home and I do want to understand
more how parts are made and what the equipment is and is not capable of
doing. I feel it will make me a better designer, plus I need to make parts
for myself. For instance, the hydraulic pump shaft on the front of my Ford
3000 tractor just went out and I needed to make a new shaft. I had to have
the guys in our machine shop make me one. I would've liked to make one
myself.

So that's where I'm at; I just wanted to restore the 10" South Bend that I
just bought. I think I'll just tear into it when I'm ready and if I get
stuck I'll ask more specific questions to you all.

Thanks for listening,

Relz