+1 on what David said. If I did all my checking correctly, South Bend part# is 112x120, which is a commercially available 5/16-18 x 1-1/4" hex head cap screw. Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. WANTED

I went with Sherwin Williams Industrial Enamel HS and had them mix it in the "Serious Gray" color. I use a brush and it flows out beautifully. One coat. Dries to a high gloss. I'm a happy camper! Firs

Bill, You're cracking me up with "one more than they really need"! The conversations here have been - I thought you already had a lathe - Well, yeah. But that was a 9C, this one's a 9B. - Well, yeah.

Bill, I think the recent post that woke this thread up was probably way late to the game. I personally prefer email groups to forums and I have never been on Facebook. Not saying that there's nothing

Mark, You made it to the new home! Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. WANTED: Bent, busted, rusted, and/or generally dysfunctional "C&R Eligible" firearms Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC 150 B

Glenn, The top lever has left-center-right positions corresponding to the available ranges of thread pitches that can be chosen. Hopefully you still have the feeds and threads metal plate attached to

Group, Has anyone here ever handled one of the original pushbutton switches that mount in the rectangular projection from the back gear cover? I’m curious as to how the switch operated. Did the button

Brian, I found the YouTube video series that I watched about setting up a VFD for a lathe. I thought they did a great job explaining everything. Here's the link to Part 1 of the series: https://youtu.

Brian, I started looking into narrowing down a VFD selection a year or so ago and now I forget which one I thought looked like a good choice. Wouldn't surprise me if the best choice has would probably

Brian, So far, I'm using whatever motors came with the lathes I've picked up. I haven't run 220 to my garage yet for my 14.5", but that will ultimately be the 3 phase motor that it came with and a VFD

Group, For those of you that are using a serpentine belt, are you running the belt with the grooves on the inside or the outside? I've seen plenty of cars and trucks that snake the serpentine belt so

Oscar, I got sidetracked for a bit, but I see you got it all figured out. Very nice set up you're parting with. Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC 150 Brittany

Oscar, Write a new email to SouthBendLathe@groups.io with a For Sale subject line. Add details in the body of the email and you can attach photos also. Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. Meinschein En

Oscar, Did you want to list a lathe for sale to the SouthBendLathe group or do you want help with Craigslist or eBay? Hopefully you'll offer it to the group first. Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. M

Yikes! That's a pretty hefty boring bar! Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. WANTED: Bent, busted, rusted, and/or generally dysfunctional "C&R Eligible" firearms Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC

Any chance the bore is tapered and you really only need to sleeve the upper end? I was headed where Jim B. went with the fixed slider and rotating boring bar. I guess once you have the setup done, it

Richard, How long are the sliders and are they open on both ends? Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC 150 Brittany Drive Freehold, NJ 07728-1500 Email: george.me

Roy, Thanks for that clarification! I was just trying to figure out where the cooler is on my lathe.:-) Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. WANTED: Bent, busted, rusted, and/or generally dysfunctional

Now I get it! Bat, as in baseball bat. I was thinking the kind of bat that zips around at night and couldn't imagine how that is associated with the handle shape. Ok, you can now return to your regula

David, You should be able to attach the documents to your email if the file upload gives you trouble. Thanks, George H. Meinschein, P.E. Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC 150 Brittany Drive Free