Chips, Ummm. Might take it to an electric motor shop for repairs. Good luck. Nelson

Chips, Ummmm, I think I would take it to a motor rebuild shop for repairs. Good Luck!

I may have something you might be able to use. Mine is a South Bend rotary switch with an arrowhead handle rather than lever type. Internals are the same--forward stop reverse. Other than that it is a

Seems to me that someone on this list posted dimensions of subject bearing noted above but I deleted it without thinking. It was attached to an email message about 2 weeks ago??? Can anyone help? Than

Phil and Son, Great pctures and testimony about your father/son cooperation. Sounds like you have him on the right track for future success, regardless of his career path--he will probably remember th

Yes, thank you! Nelson

She is a he. Lives in NJ. I had a run in with him about 10 years ago over purchase I made on Ebay. Same result. Never again. Nelson Wood

Ed, Good luck with passing the kidney stones. Been there: done that. Not fun. Nelson Wood

North Africa is/was sandy, hot and low humidity--kinda looks like this pic! I don't recognize the "Jeep" but hula have been some kind of British look-a-like! Nelson W.

Sir, do you have a lathe level for sale? Have one but can't find it in my shop. Thanks Nelson

John, That said, I don't think that the time to change the belt from pulley to pulley is long enough to bother about. After all, most speeds are used to start and end a single cut so that in only one

Paul, Good point! Nelson

What are we talking about??? I have a mythical V belt model A SB lathe. It takes 2 secs to move the vee-belt over the large end of the spindle drive pulley. I can change speed many many times by movin

I have a v-belt driven model A which is shown on the SB origin card. Can't find out anything about it. Can anyone provide reference on why built, who sold to and related? Thanks, Dows not show up in U

Sir, with 3 tries to lock something in the tailstock of your 9a, I suggest you evaluate the tang of the appliance you are trying to lock into your tailstock. If it has a round end and is the right mor

Phil, Cool tables, Thanks. Nelson W

My 9 x 3 1/2 foot South Bend is mounted on a factory prepared surface that is 30 inches by 48 inches. The feet of the bed are mounted with 6 inches between the edge of the foot and the front of the la

Go gently, Sir or you will have multiple parts to repair or replace. No one needs that and all are expensive. Nelson Wood

Hold out for a 9a if you can. You won't regret it! Nelson Wood

Why not put a VFD on a 220 VAC motor and program it for slow start? Nelson Wood