this would make a nice spindle lathe for wood working, the babbit bearngs
are actually a good thing for wood (less vibration) - you'll want to replace
the 4 jaw chuck unless you are planning on eccentric turning, and you will
want to set it up to turn between 800 and 3000 RPM.
"Art" wrote in message
...
There was one just as you describe for sale locally months back.
They used it to true rubber rollers. The place was asking ~$300.
Eventually they were giving it away to anyone that would remove it
from the shop. Sure seemed like a neat toy to have though.

Art

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:38:38 -0600, wrote:

I have the opportunity to buy a South Bend lathe. It is a 16"x12' bed.
It won't turn but about 9' between centers though. It has a motor
with 4 v-belts jackshafted to a 4 step flat pully up to the headstock.
It is fairly old (I think the headstock is babbit bearings) but is is
pretty good shape considering it has set in a tractor shed for the last
10 years, getting a douche of diesel every month to keep it from
rusting. It has a 4 jaw chuck and he said there might be some other
tooling somewhere(?) I am a woodworker with dreams of turning long
bedposts on it if nothing else, but if it cheap enough I may sell it and
buy some woodworking tools with the profit. I saw where one almost like
it (10'bed) did not sell on Ebay for the $2750.00 start price.

What should I offer for this?

Thanks

Jamie Norwood