Steve, Dave Smith made it quite clear to me that his intentions are to keep his groups & information open to the members. As for the 10K & 10K Pics2 groups: The files & pics are open for copying by

Just tried it Steve, all I can say is a great jobeven better. at 26K everything is very user friendly. Certainly much faster thana lot of other web sites I visit regularly. Thanks again. Cal

Thanks Guys, I'll keep working on it, Chris, can I use what's in the group files? is that considered public domain? I know a lot members have trouble finding the files and even I can't download some

Very nice, Steve. I really appreciate your efforts to help preserve and make available this great information to the rest of us. Ed in Florida wrote: parts. speed speed. build

Hi Guy's, I have a South Bend catalog from 1942 #100B that I scanned at 1200DPI if anyone is interested in seeing it. Do you have that one Steve? See what's free at AOL.com.

Jim, I enjoyed the photos & the good photography. Considering the shape it was in when you got it I think you should name it "Phoenix". How far are you going to go with the visual restoration? Will it

Steve, you must be burn'n the midnight oil! That's a lot of data you compiled. Very nice job. Chris Timothy Tucker wrote:

OK Dennis, with all that said, I went and got the 10K <dennis.turk2@...> wrote: (post 1960) and a 10 K are very little. The problem is the 10K has a one inch bigger swing but the bed is identical.

Please go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/7695997@N04/?saved=1 And click on the small photo to the right called Shaper progress 4/12/07 It will expand into a set of 6 photos. If you double click on

Great job Steve! The slowest thing was the homepage [26k] the rest were faster. The home page was a bit longer than necessary,had to scroll down to see useless picture. The rest was very

Group Members, I finally got my website live, with more storage space, I will be uploading catalogs, bulletins, part lists, you name it, it will be there...and member lathe pictures to help ID lathes

Steve, Great site! I think that I can use some of the documentation to identify most of the tools that came with my dads lathe. I think that he might even have the toolpost grinder too. Great

Hi, All, After several months of being away from home, I am back and getting on with renovating my couple of SB 9 inche lathes. I have come up with several questions about parts, sub-assemblies

Hi Lee OK first take the cap off and see that you do nothave a scored journal and or bearing. You could have gotten something inthe bearing. If its nice and clean and no scoring then just back off

Tom, it's no bother at all. Glad to help. Chris boergertt wrote:

I have a 9 inch 22-R and my rear spindle bearing gets warm to hot to the touch while running for any lenght of time, the front stays cool. Both have plenty of oil. Is it adjusted too tight? What is

Hi Bob Ya know some times we feel really stupid. BoyI did after I realized I had the bracket sitting on the shelf. Nowthe only problem I have is your lathe has a little bit different end door

Glad I could help... Dennis Turk wrote:

Chris, That's exactly what I was trying to do. Had to go back into my preferences and tell it send the posts to my email and it works just fine. Sorry to clutter this post with my ignorance and

Hi Jim I use 1 inch wide 8 inch diameter scotch brightwheels in a very fine and a medium grit. I also have big Berthamonster buffer polisher. She has a two 12 inch wire wheels on the rightside.