It also occurs to me that if the lathe has been sitting, crud could
grow under the cross slide gib. A simple cleaning and adjustment of
the gib would hlp.

Glen


--- In southbendlathe@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Reeser" <Gorvil@a...>
wrote:

Frank,

Do you have the correct tension on the belt? There should be some
kind of belt tension adjustment. On the 9's it is a turnbuckle on
the tension lever.

A lot of us here are thankful for the belt slipping under too heavy
of a load. Not that I have ever done it, but when the carriage
crashes into the headstock, belt slippage is a Martha Stewart "good
thing".

Glen Reeser


--- In southbendlathe@yahoogroups.com, Frank Herrera <frankh@c...>
wrote:

Hi Stan/Dave,
thanks for the reply, Read some of the archives and
realized that belts are not a issue and can be easily replaced

thanks

for your information, I read some web site where they say you can

not

take to much of a cut on the lathe as the belt will start to slip

or the

tool would jam in the work, is this a problem I should be aware

of,

or

can this be corrected with a new belt and motor.

The reason I asked is that this lathe does not have much power at

best

right now as is and hoping that a good pull down and service is

all

that

would need to put it back into shape. I have not tried to cut

anything

with this lathe but I can stop the chuck with my hand easily and

the

leather belt will start to slip.

Thanks again

FRank




Stan Stocker wrote:

Hi Frank,

Don't have a 14 incher but any SB in good shape is a good lathe

:-)

The belt is actually a piece of cake. You have several options:

Order a new belt from LaBlond.

Order a new clipper style belt from MSC.

Order a new clipper belt from Baltimore Belting (4 ply power
transmission belting.) Good stuff.

Buy a length of leather from a leather supplier and lace it up,

add

clips, or skive and glue.

Replacement parts can be a bit hard to come by, but many of the

dealers

have parts, as does LaBlond. Can't get everything, but if the

lathe is

in good shape you probably won't be needing parts in any case.

Very old

lathes are harder to find parts for, if this lathe is one with

a

numeric

ONLY serial number some parts may be hard to find. Old gears

may

be 14

1/2 degree pressure angle and can be hard to come by.

Naturally

with a

mill and diving head you can always make what you need, don't

know if

this is an option for you.

Cheers,
Stan
purpleturtle22000 wrote:
<snipped>

My concerns is mainly the leather belt can I get a

replacement

if need

be the motor I will change to a single phase motor anyhow,

is

general

replace parts eash to come buy, eg gears, leathe belt etc

Frank

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