If you own a 14" with all V-belt drive that must of been some shop
conversion, not factory supplied. I would imagine its difficult to change
spindle speeds with a v-belt drive. And when u say 14" are you referring to
a 14.5" or pre-1930 14" model.??

In perusing the Southbend catalogs up until 1948 I don't see any listings
for V-belt driven 9" lathes. I would suspect any such machine one might come
across is some garage conversion to V-belts as opposed to factory supplied,
usually done by someone who either doesn't understand flat belt drives or
doesn't have access to a replacement belt.

The origianl poster was referring to the spindle drive so don't get cute
interject the V-belt on the countershaft.

Tony

Southbend may have supplied some workshops 9's with v-belt
"Waynemak" wrote in message
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Many South Bend lathes use flat belt not all. I have sold a few 9" with
V-belt. I own a 14" that is V-belt
"Tony" wrote in message
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FYI, all Southbend use flat belts. The salient question is whether it
uses
a
motor cabinet or an overhead drive belt.

No Southbends use babbit or sintered bronze.

If the lathe is in good shape it may very well be worth $1200.

Tony
"Bob May" wrote in message
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Does he have any idea of what he wants for it? The South Bend lathe is
a
good lathe and if it's something like $600 or so, I'd get it even with
flat
belts. The only requirement is that it be able to turn threads.
A flat belt lathe will probably have babbit or sintered bronze bearings
in
the headstock and that needs to be checked to make sure that they are
in
good condition otherwise you will be looking at a repair in that area.

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