I’m finally finished cleaning all of the tooling that came with this lathe, and I’ve now moved on to the lathe itself. I have a feeling it’s going to be a long process as my parts cleaner

well to quote the late great Gilda Radner " Never Mind " thanks animal On 4/7/2022 6:06 PM, Andrei wrote:

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I've never seen those before , how do they work ? animal On 4/7/2022 1:44 PM, Keith Douglass wrote:

Does anybody use snap gauges in their home shop? I’m rearranging some of my toolbox’s drawers and I’m thinking of getting rid of these. I don’t think I’ve ever had a reason to use them

Als, its a key gear used in 'fudging Metric threading on the South Bend 9 and 10K. There is a thread on this forum if you are interested. I have cut many Metric threads in this manner and they are

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Thanks Davis! That sounded familiar, so I checked the documentation that came with the lathe and found exactly what you referenced. I appreciate the help!

No 42 in the parts list I have for my SB9c from 1957. On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 10:15:22 AM CDT, Keith Douglass

You need it to get 27tpi for 1/8 npt for light sockets. On 4/5/22 11:15, Keith Douglass wrote:

Thanks Bill. I managed to step drill the new shaft for a No. 5 taper pin by vertically aligning my drill press with the pulley hub holes. Then I put the new shaft in the hub and taper reamed both

Does anyone know what a 42 tooth change gear would be used for on a 9” lathe? I don’t see that tooth count on either the 9B/C change gear chart or in the chart for metric threading. I have one

I've done this op on a bandsaw with a hand drill, in-situ, and it seemed to work fine, but I'd clamp it up if I could. In that situation the wheel was too large for my tools, but I could get a

Well, the good news is that I got it out, I know why it was stuck, and I didn't break anything in the process! The bad news is that I need a new nut. I decided to try pulling it free with a screw --

I can't remember how I did it on mine . I thought I just pulled the gib & then slid then apart . If your not a posting member here then sign up & ask here . ALot of these folks have

My 2c In the first photo (left), of the 2nd, 2-photo set, it appears you could insert a small, round shafted, screw driver in the lead/feed screw hole, and put a selection of

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I've tried pushing and prodding, and filing any visible burrs, and I *think* the issue is a burr raised by the set screw, in an area that I can't reach with a file, because it won't clear the

You need to separate the top slide from the compound . Loosen the gib screws & then slide it off & your in business . Carefully file the buy , you don't want to make the hole larger ,

New nuts are available for not to much $ on Ebay but they are made from 360 brass not bronze which I believe the originals are. I ordered one of the cross slide nuts that I used in a machining table