Johnny, The crossfeed leadscrew needs to have the gear that runs off of the worm gear in the apron. Glen Reeser wrote: last post, a 10K head and else is the interchangable? that part http://groups.yah

Mine had 60 degree points on the set screws and two screws each on the pulley and I think the collars, too. Remove the screws completely to be sure they clear the shaft. Use a drift and a big hammer.

I'm not sure what my two SB 9's and my 8520 are up to in the basement when the lights go out, but I found a baby Sherline lathe with a mill column down there the other day. Glen Reeser wrote: van it w

Do you use SPF45 on your legs when you are arc welding in shorts? Glen Reeser

If your gears are 18 DP the diameter is the number of teeth plus 2 divided by 18. 16+2=18 18/18=1 inch. Glen Reeser wrote: 3 get but

The 80 tooth gear is just a space filler. It doesn't change the ratio at all. Any gear will work if it is big enough to fill the gap. A 72 tooth should work. Glen Reeser (idler) then 56t gear as threa

I am kinda halfway between on the To Paint or not to Paint question. I bought my model A in a horrible green orange gray red color scheme. It looked like they handed the apprentices a brush whenever t

Ron, I added ball thrust bearings to my cross slide using MSC part number 03548591. There are 3/8 ID 11/16 OD x 9/32 thick. They cost about 5 bucks each and have hardened washers included. These are t

Welcome to the group, Iliana. We had an exchange student from Norway with the same beutiful name. I have some excess parts from a model C from my upgrade project converting my lathe to an A. I am sure

Jon, One of my lathes has a much larger dial on the cross slide feed. It also has a longer bushing so that you don't lose any cross slide travel from the slide bumping into the dial. This is why the b

Alan, The headstock oilers should be threaded RH. The oil drain holes are just above the oilers. Glen Reeser

Hi jkcab95, It sounds to me like the spindle is not pushed far enough back through the bull gear. If you use the tailstock to force the spindle back, it should take up the play between the cone and th

Dennis is gently reminding us that many of our Frequently Asked Questions are answered by a visit to the links section and going to the FAQ link. ;-) Glen wrote: they are

Ron, Duane, If you go to the messages list, there is the subject of the message, the partial email address of the sender and the Yahoo!ID. If you click on the subject the message pops up. If you click

Duane, It's in his Yahoo profile. Click on his Yahoo "handle" and it comes up with his profile. He has elected to put his email address in there which is imsteamer21athotmaildotcom. Replace the "at" a

Bob, Try looking in the links section. The top listing is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sblinfo/files/SouthBendLatheFAQ.html Scroll down to gears and gearing and click on it. Glen Reeser printer cut

Bob, The pressure angle is 14 and 1/2 degrees. The DP is either 16 or 18. It seems earlier models had the bigger gears. Be careful in purchasing change gears on eBay. I bought a stack of change gears

Now that I'm home and can look at the parts boxes, I see I've perpetuated an earlier mistake. Ignore the 7 digit numbers listed below. They are not the MSC stock numbers. The INA part numbers are righ

5988187 (for the bearing - one needed) INA P/N TC2233 6093850 (for the washer - two needed) INA P/N TWA2233 The total cost is about $5.00 Glen Reeser (Not the particular genius named above.) <garyphan

Bob, You are not trying to drive a compound gear from the stud gear with the smaller gear of the compound towards the banjo, are you? Glen wrote: or nuts line the