I just found this group yesterday. I was scanning the message board when I saw the name Al Babin. I guess I don't have to warn this group not to deal with him. I have not read enough of the thread to

Try this one. http://WWW.FTC.GOV Federal Trade Commission They have an online complaint form you can fill out. I haven't tried it yet, but I will. When I get a complaint number or whatever they do, I

Is anybody parting out a 9" QC gearbox? I need a couple of gears for the input shaft. I have some surplus SB stuff to trade or I'm sure we could work out some kind of a deal. Glen Reeser

Hi group, I am brand new to the southbendlathe group. I acquired my first, a 9" C with a 48" bed, about a year ago from CNC company. It took about 2 months for them to ship it and another 2 months to

Oops. I forgot to leave my name. Glen Reeser Palatine, Illinois mount Babin the about mounted in and diameter didn't gear Palatine I'd change still expect of it my auction. and Three which had out "Jo

Hi Paul, That would be great! I need the last two gears on the input shaft. The two farthest from the driven end of the shaft. I am at work now, but when I get home I'll send you more specifics. I thi

Hi again Paul, I'm glad I double checked which gears I needed. The gears are Item # 44 and 45 on page 10 of the parts list at the bottom of the page. They are on the longest shaft of the gear box. The

Hi Rick, I had not actually disassembled the gear box until yesterday, so it was hard to see the extent of the damage. It looked like I was missing 1 tooth on the pinion gear and had one dinged tooth

Hi All, I managed to fabricate a replacement gear for my gear box. I reassembled the lathe and tried it out and the gear works fine. The only problem I have now is that the cone gear lever doesn't wan

Hi Ron, I am ejoying the tutorial very much. Personally I would prefer an inside thread tutorial first. As I posted earlier, I got into lathes and machining because of my interest in fountain pens. Bo

I got more spam from Al today. Now he is Norteast American Machineand Tool. The phone number seems to have changed a couple of digits.Northeast American Machine & Tool LLC, 33 Stafford ave Suite #7, B

Glen Reeser 9" C 9" A My name seems to have been wrapped into the URL in the prevoius post.

Is that Al? How can you tell? When did he move to San Fransisco? Glen look at Machineand digits.Northeast Serv

You're right. It does say Hartford on some of them, too. I sent him an e-mail through "ask seller a question". - Is that you, Al? - Think he'll take the bait? Glen

I just typed Turcite into Yahoo's search engine and I got back links to Boedeker plastic's data sheet on Turcite. It is related to Delrin which is a plastic material I've used before. Very easy to mac

I looked on HF's web page and found this tool holder: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42806 They say it's for a mini-lathe and the price is $79.00. Is this the one tha

I looked on HF's web page and this is the only tool holder that comes up. They say it's for a mini-lathe, I assume they mean the 7" x 10" that they sell. The price is $79.99. Seems like a bargain for

I would be interested in the milling attachment and the #3MT Milling Cutter Arbor. I don't have anything from your list to trade, but I do have several lifetime's supply of carbide inserts of various

Hi All, When I purchased my 9" C, it came without change gears. I bought a stack from an elderly gentleman in Pittsburgh who swore that they came from a 20’s model 9" South Bend. When I finally assemb

When I bought my 9" C, they sent me an underneath drive unit instead of the horizontal one I needed. I finally got the HD unit from the seller (a company in Bristol CN) after several months of frustra