Has anyone ever ran a lathe with a segmented belt? It seems like there would be a fair amount of vibration. Just a single splice in a flat rubber belt will do enough of that.

I had Old Thumbs do basically do the same to me, There were some not so polite emails followed by a wave of spam. I got tired of the wave of spam and blocked the adresses he was using. .

Several of the features look like an Ainsworth Lathe I have. Well what is it? I was thinking Sebastian, But that does not look quite right. It doe not look like a Reed (to me).

Installing some good isolation dampeners can cut the vibration and even make the noisiest compressor tolerable. I have seen people even mount compressors in the attic of their garages sitting them on

Southbend on GSA Auction. http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/ LATHE, 10", MFG. SOUTH BEND LATHE WORKS, MDL A - CC910AB SN: 4817RKX12, BENCH #1643-3D-1045, 3 DRAWER DESK STYLE, WESTINGHOUSE AC

The only disadvantage I know of in using a transmission is in belting it up the loads are different than in a car. Belting the shafts puts more sidethrusts on the bearings even with those loads it sho

Adding a car trans for gear reduction was a common practice. It does not make a lathe unseable and often enhanced opperation. But if you are after something 100% oringinal just to look at and talk abo

A Crosley car used a BORG WARNER T92 Transmission. You can learn about Crosley cars here. http://crosleyautoclub.com/

You will find many people on here that will guide you with helpful knowledge from experience. Unfortunately there is also that one guy with little knowledge that answers everything. With in a couple d

Dressing a wheel can be done with a handheld tool like you are buying or a starwheel with care you can get fair results. Presicion dressing is done with a single point dresser that is mechanicaly move

Sorry but as someone that has got the knife and email spam attacks ect. I have to agree with Walter.

A pictues with rulers across the base and showing the height would help determine what size lathe it might fit. Your photos do not even remotely look like the steady rest that I had for my 24" swing S

Not all work is done at the headstock end and with a long bed if gives control for work done at the tailstock. On my 24" swing X 12' bed SB I had a control shaft running the length of the bed to turn

Very sad but true. The dealer I bought my 24" X 12' Southbend from layed it on it's side too, on the showroom floor. That was even after the silent drive and tailstock had been removed. He was trying

Still a baby of a lathe in the South Bend line. They made lathes to about 24" swing with a 20' bed. With risers into the 40" swing range. I had a 24" with a 12' bed that did not have risers. If anyone

Tracey I'm not 100% sure what it is out of but I think it is from the 1930's. Ideally it should be out of a Studerbaker (also built in South Bend). It is mounted to the rear of the silent drive. The s

My 24" X 144" has a 3hp 1725 rpm single phase motor powering it now. It came with a 2hp 3 phase. Using a rubber flat belt it has more power than traction for the belt. It is geared down with an automo

This web site provides a step by step guide and the tolerances recomended. http://www.dura-bondbearing.com/Portals/3/pdf/Valve%20Seat%20Installation%20Instructions.pdf It is pretty straight forward on

This isn't as nice as having the hard copies, but several copies of American Machinist are in Google Books. They are word search able there. Here is the link. http://books.google.com/books?q=american+

The Museum of Science and Industery is a must see (plan a full day). The Feild Museum is also interesting. Both are World Class Museums.