Hello All, The Hawaii Railway Society, in Ewa Beach, has an old surplus WWII Pearl Harbor SB 10L in our back shops. I would like to come up with some explanation of the WW II stampings on the end

Are lathes like this one that are modified with huge riser blocks subject to a lot of twisting?

Is it a 612 ? Steve

Magnaturn ... i have one that was working when i shut it off in 2006.  has 6 ft. air barfeed.  sw iowa ... pm me if interested.

Steve, The 14” Turn ado was an import like what grizzly sells, a “South Bend” in name only. Note: not to be confused with the Fourteen (made in South Bend) Ted

Well, I was apparently wrong. They no longer list a 27" lathe, though they do have lathes up to 41".

I'm also looking for a 612 MagnaTurn to retrofit Steve

Ted, did you ever see one of the 14's built? Steve

The Turn-Nado serial numbers can be misleading sometimes, I haven’t completed my research on them yet. Still collecting data and numbers. the lathe listed in the video by Sterling (great company) is

It is a 27” (17” with risers) built for the military in South Bend, Indiana. Most of them were built for off-road mobile machine shops. Ted

I missed the old data plate so that is probably low time if not unused. I wonder how sitting unused for decades affected it mechanically? James

Nevermind I was wrong. If you can read the model number - maybe send that to Steve Wells

18" -27" 27" is the gap diameter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Yd0rgseh4

The plaques riveted to it mention "South Bend Lathe Company South Bend, Indiana" and "An Employee Owned Company". The patina and design - to me it just looks like a lathe that would have

It's been listed for months now. Same price which is about the retail price quoted by South Bend/Grizzly. It's only 15 minutes from me, I should call them and check it out. James

Pretty sure that's the "new" South Bend, made in Taiwan or wherever Grizzly's version is made. Bit big for both my shop and wallet, but their new Heavy 10 lists for $10k. Bill in OKC William R.

Claims it is NOS.  Not involved - just passing this along.... https://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/tls/d/sadler-new-southbend-27-engine-lathe/7052505638.html

Thank you John, I think I see my path forward now. Best regards and thanks, Niels

Niels, I couldn't find a photo of my wrench and it's up at the cabin, so I grabbed this one off the 'net. Mine is hardwood and can grab pretty good. Aluminum is good also; I made some aluminum clamp

John, You are correct. I have not acted on this. I like to evaluate things first and take sound advice to avoid damage. I am going to take your advice regarding making a barrel wrench for the tail of