An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the 3
1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with a
lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest, three jaw
Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock, of course,
Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as the old
Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly new (tan).
It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with a
Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split it
up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too nice
for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

Ron Moore wrote:

An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the 3
1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with a
lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest, three jaw
Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock, of course,
Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as the old
Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly new (tan).
It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with a
Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split it
up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too nice
for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

In Oklahoma City? I'd start that sweetie pie at $3500! What a deal for a home
shop guy. *Unless* it was made in the early '80s when SB first took production
to Taiwan and they had some QC problems ..

GWE

I had forgotten to include that it was a flat belt version. Catalog
#CL344ZD. I think it's much older than that. I appreciate the input. Now,
if that were an offer........
Thanks,
Ron
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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Ron Moore wrote:

An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the
3 1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with
a lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest,
three jaw Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock,
of course, Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as
the old Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly
new (tan). It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with
a Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split
it up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too
nice for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

In Oklahoma City? I'd start that sweetie pie at $3500! What a deal for a
home shop guy. *Unless* it was made in the early '80s when SB first took
production to Taiwan and they had some QC problems ..

GWE

If you could get 3500 from some idiot-- more power to you!! No way in my
opionion.. too many other better lathes out there.

Best way I know of is to do a historical search on ebay.. you will see top
prices paid and you can begin to judge from there.

Importantly, you can "calibrate" the conditioon of your lathe with the
lathes that sold for XX price.

SB are really common in some areas and rare as hen's teeth in others. Here
in CO, there have been 6 that I know of going for 400 at the low end to 1500
at one of hte auctions for a not so good SB model A. WAY to high in my
opinion for a SB-- bidder fever big time. SB are good (but not great)
lathes (I have a Shedon Emco and a Clausing Colchester... all of which will
run rings around a SB Model A-- and none cost over 1,000). The real
"selling" factor is the size -- this SB is perfect for the home shop.

Sounds like you have a mint condition lathe, so 800.00 -1,000 is VERY
real... and 12-1300 is still a very good buy.

Good luck... these are my opinons only... your mileage will vary!

Steve

"Ron Moore" wrote in message
news:71jte.32579$DC2.20510@okepread01...
An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the 3
1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with a
lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest, three
jaw Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock, of
course, Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as the
old Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly new
(tan). It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with a
Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split it
up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too
nice for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

If its a 9" I think its all USA, the 10 was built until 1983ish. I had a
1982 10K with hardend bed that was a nice machine, but it sold for more than
I paid for a SB 14" with hard ways and ALL the goodies.
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
Ron Moore wrote:

An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the
3 1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with
a lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest,
three jaw Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock,
of course, Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as
the old Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly
new (tan). It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with
a Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split
it up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too
nice for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

In Oklahoma City? I'd start that sweetie pie at $3500! What a deal for a
home shop guy. *Unless* it was made in the early '80s when SB first took
production to Taiwan and they had some QC problems ..

GWE

Actually, I was looking at $2500 for the lathe and all mentioned items. I
will post or email pics if anyone is curious. It really is a nice machine.
I didn't mention it but it is a flat belt (new) drive type.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

"Waynemak" wrote in message
...
If its a 9" I think its all USA, the 10 was built until 1983ish. I had a
1982 10K with hardend bed that was a nice machine, but it sold for more
than I paid for a SB 14" with hard ways and ALL the goodies.
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
Ron Moore wrote:

An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the
3 1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes
with a lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady
rest, three jaw Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail
stock, of course, Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as
well as the old Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint
looks fairly new (tan). It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4
hp, 90v) with a Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid
state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split
it up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And,
too nice for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

In Oklahoma City? I'd start that sweetie pie at $3500! What a deal for a
home shop guy. *Unless* it was made in the early '80s when SB first took
production to Taiwan and they had some QC problems ..

GWE

Ron Moore wrote:
An old friend passed on and I ended up buying his shop. One of the
things I have extra is an incredibly nice Model A South Bend 9" with the 3
1/2' bed. It has almost all the original "frosting" on it. Comes with a
lever collet attachment and collets, micrometer stop, steady rest, three jaw
Buck and four jaw Skinner chucks, two face plates, tail stock, of course,
Aloris-type quick-change tool post with holders (as well as the old
Armstrong holders) and is the cabinet model. Paint looks fairly new (tan).
It has been converted to a DC motor (Leeson 3/4 hp, 90v) with a
Variac/rectifier control (he never did like the solid state stuff!).
The lathe is located in Oklahoma City. I really don't want to split it
up and eBay it. It's just too nice with everything matched. And, too nice
for me to use in my shop. What should it market for, fairly?
Respectfully,
Ron Moore


Similar lathes recently sold at a high school auction near me for around
$900, though they didn't have as much tool as yours.

$1000-$1500 is probably a reasonable range.

John

Ron Moore wrote:
Actually, I was looking at $2500 for the lathe and all mentioned items. I
will post or email pics if anyone is curious. It really is a nice machine.
I didn't mention it but it is a flat belt (new) drive type.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore


You are certainly asking top dollar.

John