Greetings from south Louisiana. I recently purchased a SouthBend 9a with a 4 ½ foot bed (serial No. 159763). Although it is dirty it seemsto be in pretty good shape. It is missing a few parts for the

Thanks for the heads up on the shim placement. As of yet I hadn't given much though as to where to place the shim. When I get the lathe off the furniture dollies and mounted on a good solid bench I'll

Agreed Jim. I took a few measurements on the tail stock base and I can't see were there is enough wear to justify a .020 shim unless the base and/or tail stock are not original to this lathe.

Welcome. I think you are going to like it here. Sent from my ASUS Pad

It has taken a while but I got the bench built and thelathe mounted, leveled, and running true. Iwent ahead and knocked a project off my bucket list. I made amandrel for my Enfield rifle No.4 Mk1 rece

The threaded shaft is a mandrel made to fit my Enfield rifle No.4 Mk.1 receiver. You can see it installed in the receiver in two other pics. It provides a way to hold the receiver between centers so t

Nelson; You are verywelcome. This is probably a poor choice of words, but I'll take yourcompliments with much pride. It has been more than 8 years since I laid afinger on a piece of machinery. Even th

Don’t worry Ken I realize you are pointing out that amandrel isn’t the end-all be-all of fine precision accuracy. Trust me, if I wereto build a rifle capable of such fine hair splitting accuracy I wou

Nelson; If I am reading Rick’s post properly he is justmaking conversation. The “T” in his question is short for true, so Rick’squestion would be “Making a #4 true up?” Truing up is just another term

Don't fret it Nelson. Your not alone. My twenty year old daughter will send me text messages on my phone so full of abbreviations I can't read it.

tgbrandl Today at 6:43 AM How does the Savagemade SMLE rate? I amnot quite sure how to answer that. As far as fit and finish goes the U.S.Savage made, and the Canadian Longbranch probably represented

Seems this thread is drifting away from its originalscope, so I’ll nip this one in the bud right now. The idea behind the originalpost was to share a project that is not very often encountered here in

Sure Bob. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can through something together that will help. You using the original motor or a replacement?

Bob; I have attached a pdf describing how my motor is wired to the switch. My motor is not the original motor. The previous owner replaced it. I hope this helps. Phillip

Thanks Bob. It is original except the motor. It does have some wear on the ways, and I had to shim up the tail stock. It is missing some key pieces for the taper attachment. I'll get around to finding

No problem. I had most of it drawn up in a CAD program is I wouldn't have to go through all the frustration again if I ever had to do it again.

Do we have a parts list for the SB 9 taper attachment. I seem to remember seeing one somewhere in the past, but for the life of me I can't find it now

Thank you Jim. I was about to pull my last hair out looking for that on this site and others. I knew I had seen it before. Phillip R.

Nice!!! Did you use aluminum to make the body or is that steel?

Awesome! I like this one, and it seems simple enough. I could really use a good stop, but before I tackle another project I want to make a few upgrades to my lathe. I'm in the market for a good chuck,