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I picked up a 1919 model South Bend Lathe, 16" X 96", which needed some
TLC. I'm beginning to restore. Anyone with experience on this type of
older lathe and a restoration?

Thanks!

I picked up a 1919 model South Bend Lathe, 16" X 96", which needed some
TLC. I'm beginning to restore. Anyone with experience on this type of
older lathe and a restoration?

Thanks!

I didn't know southbend made lathes that large. There was an excellent
series of articles in HSM magazine that just finished on restoring an old
lathe. Well worth the read. If you have Babbitt bearings, there's a bunch
of books at Lindsay publications on how to rebuild them.

If you have to do a lot of scraping, there's a book by Connelly, I don't
remember the exact title, that's the definitive bible for machine
restoration. A fellow on this NG from a while back also put out a video all
about scraping. Again, I don't remember his name. I've got CRS, that's not
Cold Rolled Steel, It's Can't Remember S$%^

Karl

The book Karl mentioned is: "Machine Tool Reconditioning and Applications
of Hand Scraping", Edward F. Connelly, Machine Tool Publications, St.Paul,
U.S.A.

Bob Swinney
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I picked up a 1919 model South Bend Lathe, 16" X 96", which needed some
TLC. I'm beginning to restore. Anyone with experience on this type of
older lathe and a restoration?

Thanks!

I didn't know southbend made lathes that large. There was an excellent
series of articles in HSM magazine that just finished on restoring an old
lathe. Well worth the read. If you have Babbitt bearings, there's a bunch
of books at Lindsay publications on how to rebuild them.

If you have to do a lot of scraping, there's a book by Connelly, I don't
remember the exact title, that's the definitive bible for machine
restoration. A fellow on this NG from a while back also put out a video
all about scraping. Again, I don't remember his name. I've got CRS, that's
not Cold Rolled Steel, It's Can't Remember S$%^

Karl

No Southbend lathes use babbit bearings, even the early ones.

Tony
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I picked up a 1919 model South Bend Lathe, 16" X 96", which needed some
TLC. I'm beginning to restore. Anyone with experience on this type of
older lathe and a restoration?

Thanks!

I didn't know southbend made lathes that large. There was an excellent
series of articles in HSM magazine that just finished on restoring an old
lathe. Well worth the read. If you have Babbitt bearings, there's a bunch
of books at Lindsay publications on how to rebuild them.

If you have to do a lot of scraping, there's a book by Connelly, I don't
remember the exact title, that's the definitive bible for machine
restoration. A fellow on this NG from a while back also put out a video
all
about scraping. Again, I don't remember his name. I've got CRS, that's not
Cold Rolled Steel, It's Can't Remember S$%^

Karl

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:28:12 -0600, Don wrote:

I picked up a 1919 model South Bend Lathe, 16" X 96", which needed some
TLC. I'm beginning to restore. Anyone with experience on this type of
older lathe and a restoration?

Thanks!

My next-door neighbor has a 1919 SB lathe that comes close to those
dimensions, perhaps they're even the same.

I've cleaned it up and started installing a drive motor for it, but
haven't finished the job, yet. It's a nice lathe. If I had the room,
I wouldn't mind owning it, even though it doesn't have a quick-change
gear system.

Orrin